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 XIV - HOW THE WOMEN VISITED EACH OTHER, HOW THEY MENDED THEIR CLOTHES, AND HOW THERE WERE PUBLIC WOMEN
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
If any woman who was not a Palla, even though she might be the wife of a Curaca, or lord of vassals, went to pay a visit to a Palla of the blood royal, she did not bring any work of her own with her. But, after the first words of the visit, or rather adoration, for such it was, she begged to be given some work, saying that she had not come on a visit, but to serve as an inferior to a superior. The Palla, as a great favour, complied with this request, and gave some of the work that either she or one of her daughters was doing; for she did not degrade her to the level of the servant girls, by giving her some of their work. This favour was all that the visitor could wish for, seeing that the Palla thus made her in some sort on an equality with herself and her daughters. A like interchange of condescension and humility was shown in all intercourse between the men and women of that commonwealth, the inferiors studying how to serve and please the superiors, and the superiors how to show kindness to their inferiors, from the Ynca, who is king, to the poorest Llamanchec, who is shepherd.
The good custom amongst the Indian women of visiting each other, and bringing their work with them, was imitated by the Spanish ladies in Cuzco until the time of the rebellion of Francisco Hernandez Giron, which put an end to this virtuous habit, as such treasons usually do destroy good manners, with their cruel and tyrannical sway.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 320 - 322Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010