encomendero

The individual receiving the encomienda, known as the encomendero, received free labor and tribute from the Indians, in return for which the subjects were commended to the encomendero's care.

Sixteenth century indigenous Jalisco 2005

The individual receiving the encomienda, known as the encomendero, received free labor and tribute from the Indians, in return for which the subjects were commended to the encomendero's care.

Sixteenth century indigenous Jalisco 2005

Even before pacifying the native peoples of Campeche, Francisco Montejo and his lieutenants began to distribute the inhabitants through encomiendas, which were royal grants of indigenous inhabitants that licensed a Spanish encomendero to receive their labor and tribute.

Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world 2009

Even before pacifying the native peoples of Campeche, Francisco Montejo and his lieutenants began to distribute the inhabitants through encomiendas, which were royal grants of indigenous inhabitants that licensed a Spanish encomendero to receive their labor and tribute.

Campeche: on the edge of the Maya world 2009

The encomendero was entitled to reap whatever benefit he could from the estate, including the unpaid labor of the native inhabitants for working the fields or mines.

Mexico's Colonial Era - Part 2 2007

The encomendero was entitled to reap whatever benefit he could from the estate, including the unpaid labor of the native inhabitants for working the fields or mines.

Mexico's Colonial Era - Part 2 2007

The new "owner," or encomendero, had to provide religious instruction in exchange for work that was assigned to the inhabitants.

A yearly culinary ritual: La matanza 2005

It was the duty of the encomendero to Christianize, educate and feed the natives under their care.

Sixteenth century indigenous Jalisco 2005

The new "owner," or encomendero, had to provide religious instruction in exchange for work that was assigned to the inhabitants.

A yearly culinary ritual: La matanza 2005

The new "owner," or encomendero, had to provide religious instruction in exchange for work that was assigned to the inhabitants.

A yearly culinary ritual: La matanza 2005