viceroy
Let an agent explain the office of viceroy and its powers and forms across empires, identify viceroyalties and holders from historical sources, describe the office in colonial history with attribution, and support historical questions.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain the office of viceroy and its powers and forms across empires, identify viceroyalties and holders from historical sources, describe the office in colonial history with attribution, and support historical questions.
A ruler exercising authority in a territory on behalf of and as the representative of a monarch, historically governing colonies, kingdoms and provinces of empires such as the Spanish viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru and New Granada, the viceroys of Sardinia, Sicily, Naples, Valencia and Mallorca under Aragonese and Spanish crowns, the Viceroy of India under the British crown and equivalents in other empires; viceroys held wide civil and military powers and their offices are studied in imperial and colonial history.
What it is for: Representative rulers for a monarch.
It can be explain the office; identify viceroyalties and holders; describe colonial context; support historical questions.
Distinguishing features
Delegated royal authority
Territorial rule
Civil and military powers
Imperial context
What it looks like
Not physical; a historical office.
How it is recognised
Ruler governing on behalf of a monarch
Spanish, Portuguese, British and other empires
A governor may serve a republic; a regent rules during a minority; a king rules in his own right
Related models
is a kind of - category
is a kind of - category
is related to - territories governed by viceroys
is related to - viceroyalties as former polities
In practice
Families and kinds
viceroys of Spanish American viceroyalties
viceroys of Italian and Iberian kingdoms under Spain
viceroys of India and other British posts
Portuguese and other European viceroys
viceroys in non-European empires
Standards and regulation
Academic standards in colonial history
Archival standards for viceregal records
No regulation of the historical office
Failure modes and hazards
Presenting colonial rule uncritically or anachronistically
Confusing viceroys with governors
Outdated scholarship
Also called
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Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.viceroy
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a viceroy was.
History.
Concept
Concept and powers.
Concept
Concept.
- What was a viceroy, what powers did the office carry, and how did it differ from governors and regents? definition
- Which empire or territory is meant? boundary
Forms
Forms across empires.
Forms
Forms.
- How did viceroyalties differ between the Spanish, Portuguese, British and other empires? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific viceroyalty? action
Identify Viceroyalties and holders.
Reference.
Holders
Holders.
Holders
Holders.
- Who held a given viceregal office, and what did they do, according to historical sources? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific viceroy? action
Territories
Territories.
Territories
Territories.
- What territories did viceroyalties such as New Granada, Sardinia or Valencia cover, and when? provenance
- Which entry fits a specific territory? action
Context Colonial context.
Attribution.
Rule
Colonial rule.
Rule
Rule.
- How did viceregal rule affect colonised peoples, according to historians and to the peoples themselves? provenance
- Is the presentation attributed and neutral? boundary
Legacy
Legacies.
Legacy
Legacy.
- What legacies of viceroyalties persist in borders, institutions and memory? provenance
- Which entry fits a successor state? action
Learn Resources and teaching.
Education.
Resources
Archives and scholarship.
Resources
Resources.
- Which archives and scholarly works document viceroys? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Teach
Teaching.
Teach
Teaching.
- How can viceroyalties be taught in imperial history? action
- Which misconceptions arise? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should each viceroyalty be a separate entry?
- How should archives be linked?
- How should colonial history debates be attributed?