Book contents
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGINS DEDICATED TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER II THE RULES AND DUTIES OF THE CHOSEN VIRGINS
- CHAPTER III THE VENERATION IN WHICH THE THINGS WERE HELD THAT WERE MADE BY THE CHOSEN VIRGINS; AND THE LAW THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THOSE WHO MIGHT VIOLATE THEM
- CHAPTER IV THERE WERE MANY OTHER HOUSES OF VIRGINS. THE STATEMENT RESPECTING THE RIGOROUS LAW IS VERIFIED BY ZARATE
- CHAPTER V THE SERVICE AND ORNAMENTS OF THE VIRGINS, AND HOW THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO ANY ONE
- CHAPTER VI OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE FAVOURED BY THE YNCA
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER WOMEN WHO PRESERVED THEIR VIRGINITY, AND OF THE WIDOWS
- CHAPTER VIII HOW THEY USUALLY MARRIED, AND HOW THEY ARRANGED THE WEDDINGS
- CHAPTER IX THE PRINCE, WHO WAS THE HEIR, WAS MARRIED TO HIS OWN SISTER, AND OF THE REASONS WHICH THEY GAVE FOR THIS CUSTOM
- CHAPTER X DIFFERENT CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE OF ESTATES
- CHAPTER XI THE WEANING, SHEARING, AND NAMING OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XII THEIR CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP WITHOUT ANY CARE
- CHAPTER XIII THE LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE MARRIED WOMEN
- CHAPTER XIV HOW THE WOMEN VISITED EACH OTHER, HOW THEY MENDED THEIR CLOTHES, AND HOW THERE WERE PUBLIC WOMEN
- CHAPTER XV THE SIXTH YNCA, NAMED YNCA ROCCA, CONQUERS MANY NATIONS, AND AMONG THEM THE CHANCAS AND HANCOHUALLU
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE PRINCE YAHUAR-HUACCAC, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME
- CHAPTER XVII THE IDOLS OF THE INDIANS CALLED ANTIS, AND THE CONQUEST OF THE CHANCAS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE REASONING OF THE OLDER MEN, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED THE YNCA
- CHAPTER XIX CONCERNING SOME LAWS INSTITUTED BY THE KING YNCA ROCCA, OF THE SCHOOLS HE FOUNDED IN CUZCO, AND SOME SAYINGS WHICH HE UTTERED
- CHAPTER XX OF THE YNCA “WEEPING BLOOD,” SEVENTH KING, HIS FEARS AND CONQUESTS, AND OF THE DISGRACE OF THE PRINCE
- CHAPTER XXI CONCERNING A NOTICE GIVEN TO THE PRINCE BY AN APPARITION, WHICH HE WAS TO DELIVER TO HIS FATHER
- CHAPTER XXII THE CONSULTATIONS OF THE YNCA, TOUCHING THE STORY OF THE APPARITION
- CHAPTER XXIII THE REBELLION OF THE CHANCAS, AND TOUCHING THEIR FORMER DEEDS
- CHAPTER XXIV THE YNCA FLIES FROM THE CAPITAL, WHICH IS SAVED BY THE PRINCE
- INDEX
CHAPTER I - THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGINS DEDICATED TO THE SUN
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 November 2010
- Frontmatter
- INTRODUCTION
- Dedication
- PREFACE TO THE READER
- NOTES TOUCHING THE GENERAL LANGUAGE OF THE INDIANS OF PERU
- THE FIRST BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- SECOND BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- THIRD BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- FOURTH BOOK OF THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF THE YNCAS
- CHAPTER I THE HOUSE OF THE VIRGINS DEDICATED TO THE SUN
- CHAPTER II THE RULES AND DUTIES OF THE CHOSEN VIRGINS
- CHAPTER III THE VENERATION IN WHICH THE THINGS WERE HELD THAT WERE MADE BY THE CHOSEN VIRGINS; AND THE LAW THAT WAS MADE AGAINST THOSE WHO MIGHT VIOLATE THEM
- CHAPTER IV THERE WERE MANY OTHER HOUSES OF VIRGINS. THE STATEMENT RESPECTING THE RIGOROUS LAW IS VERIFIED BY ZARATE
- CHAPTER V THE SERVICE AND ORNAMENTS OF THE VIRGINS, AND HOW THEY WERE NEVER GIVEN IN MARRIAGE TO ANY ONE
- CHAPTER VI OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE FAVOURED BY THE YNCA
- CHAPTER VII OF OTHER WOMEN WHO PRESERVED THEIR VIRGINITY, AND OF THE WIDOWS
- CHAPTER VIII HOW THEY USUALLY MARRIED, AND HOW THEY ARRANGED THE WEDDINGS
- CHAPTER IX THE PRINCE, WHO WAS THE HEIR, WAS MARRIED TO HIS OWN SISTER, AND OF THE REASONS WHICH THEY GAVE FOR THIS CUSTOM
- CHAPTER X DIFFERENT CUSTOMS RELATING TO THE INHERITANCE OF ESTATES
- CHAPTER XI THE WEANING, SHEARING, AND NAMING OF CHILDREN
- CHAPTER XII THEIR CHILDREN WERE BROUGHT UP WITHOUT ANY CARE
- CHAPTER XIII THE LIFE AND EMPLOYMENT OF THE MARRIED WOMEN
- CHAPTER XIV HOW THE WOMEN VISITED EACH OTHER, HOW THEY MENDED THEIR CLOTHES, AND HOW THERE WERE PUBLIC WOMEN
- CHAPTER XV THE SIXTH YNCA, NAMED YNCA ROCCA, CONQUERS MANY NATIONS, AND AMONG THEM THE CHANCAS AND HANCOHUALLU
- CHAPTER XVI OF THE PRINCE YAHUAR-HUACCAC, AND THE MEANING OF HIS NAME
- CHAPTER XVII THE IDOLS OF THE INDIANS CALLED ANTIS, AND THE CONQUEST OF THE CHANCAS
- CHAPTER XVIII THE REASONING OF THE OLDER MEN, AND HOW THEY RECEIVED THE YNCA
- CHAPTER XIX CONCERNING SOME LAWS INSTITUTED BY THE KING YNCA ROCCA, OF THE SCHOOLS HE FOUNDED IN CUZCO, AND SOME SAYINGS WHICH HE UTTERED
- CHAPTER XX OF THE YNCA “WEEPING BLOOD,” SEVENTH KING, HIS FEARS AND CONQUESTS, AND OF THE DISGRACE OF THE PRINCE
- CHAPTER XXI CONCERNING A NOTICE GIVEN TO THE PRINCE BY AN APPARITION, WHICH HE WAS TO DELIVER TO HIS FATHER
- CHAPTER XXII THE CONSULTATIONS OF THE YNCA, TOUCHING THE STORY OF THE APPARITION
- CHAPTER XXIII THE REBELLION OF THE CHANCAS, AND TOUCHING THEIR FORMER DEEDS
- CHAPTER XXIV THE YNCA FLIES FROM THE CAPITAL, WHICH IS SAVED BY THE PRINCE
- INDEX
Summary
The Kings Yncas had, in their vain religion, great things worthy of much attention, and one of these was the perpetual virginity which women observed in many conventual houses, that were built for them in the different provinces of the empire. In order that it may be understood what women these were, to whom they were dedicated, and in what employments they were occupied, I shall relate how all this was; for the Spanish historians who treat of this matter pass it by like the proverb which says—“the cat out of the arms.” I shall treat specially of the house at Cuzco, because all the others which were established throughout Peru were on the same model.
The quarter of the city of Cuzco called Aclla-huasi, which signifies the house of the chosen ones, is between the two streets issuing from the great square and leading to the convent of Santo Domingo, which used to be the temple of the Sun. One of these streets is that which issues from the corner of the square on the left hand side of the cathedral, running north and south. When I left that city in the year 1560, this street was the principal mart for shopkeepers. The other street is that which issues from the centre of the square, near the prison, and goes straight to the convent of Santo Domingo, also running north and south.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 291 - 293Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010