Representations of the healing profession in conflict. Licenciado Asensio Telles in Córdoba del Tucumán (1598)

Authors

  • Justo R. Tapia IEH-CONICET

Keywords:

Social representations, Medical knowledge, Córdoba del Tucumán

Abstract

The article aims to investigate the elaborations of the personal image of the healing officials, the topics with which it was signified and the influence generated by social representations in a particular case of Spanish America. This case has been reconstructed based on the documents of a judicial lawsuit substantiated in Córdoba del Tucumán city during 1598 between a slave trader, Captain Pedro Sanches de Valençuela, and licenciado Asensio Telles de Roxas. It is argued that the local construction of honor had a fundamental importance for the defense of this official in that conflict. Such a construction is appreciated by tracing the strongest links established by Telles and analyzing how he used them to defend him in court, which also involved a dispute over the validity of medical knowledge.

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Published

2023-01-29

How to Cite

Justo R. Tapia. (2023). Representations of the healing profession in conflict. Licenciado Asensio Telles in Córdoba del Tucumán (1598). Revista Cantareira, (37). Retrieved from https://periodicos.uff.br/cantareira/article/view/54211