"Writing is excessive drudgery. It crooks your back, it dims your sight, it twists your stomach and your sides."

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1 HIS 6908: Introduction to Spanish Paleography And Justice for All...Well, Not Exactly: A Study of Sixteenth- Century Legal Disputes in Spanish Florida Fall Term, 2015 Monday: 6:00-8:45 STG 109 Professor J. Michael Francis Office: Snell House (501 2 nd St. South) Office Hours: TR: 12:30-2:30, or by appointment Telephone: [email protected] "Writing is excessive drudgery. It crooks your back, it dims your sight, it twists your stomach and your sides." I The purpose of this course is to introduce students to the forms of writing used in early-modern Spanish documents. Students will have access to a rich corpus of digitalized primary documents from the Archivo General de Indias (AGI) in Seville, Spain. This semester the assigned documents will focus on a series of sixteenth-century legal documents that highlight the nature of Spanish governance in Florida and the lives of those who participated in the early conquest and colonization. Students will be assigned to transcribe a series of documents from the AGI. Moreover, the course introduces students to the sources, tools, and interpretative strategies used by historians who examine these records. Grades will be based on class participation, four quizzes, and one lengthy transcription project. Grades will be determined along the following lines: 30% Class Participation and Attendance 40% Quizzes 30% Transcription Project **Note: The plus-minus grading system will be used A; A B+; B; B C+; C D; 59 and below, F

2 Goals: Students who successfully complete the course will (1) improve their knowledge of Spanish; (2) be qualified to conduct primary archival research using sixteenth-century Spanish manuscripts (3) broaden their understanding of the Spanish conquest and colonization of the Americas. Course Content Note USFSP s Student Sexual Harassment and Violence policy, following national guidance from the Office of Civil Rights, requires that faculty follow USF policy as a mandatory reporter of any personal disclosure of sexual harassment, abuse, and/or violence related experiences or incidents shared with the faculty member in person, via , and/or in classroom papers or homework exercises. These disclosures include but are not limited to reports of personal relational abuse, relational/domestic violence, and stalking. While faculty are often able to help students locate appropriate channels of assistance on campus (e.g., see the USFSP Health and Wellness link below), disclosure by the student to the faculty member requires that the faculty member inform appropriate USF channels to help ensure that the student s safety and welfare is being addressed, even if the student requests that the disclosure not be shared. For counseling support and assistance, please see the USFSP, which includes a variety of counseling services that can be accessed at: And, the Sexual Assault Victim Assistance Team is a confidential resource for students that does not have a reporting requirement and that can be of great help to students who have experienced sexual assault. The web address is USFSP Victim Advocacy o Wellness Center (SLC), Room 2200, Phone USF Counseling Center o Wellness Center (SLC), Room 2200, Phone USFSP Office of Student Rights and Responsibility o RHO Building (RHO), 500 2nd Street S, Phone USF Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Office (DIEO) o John and Grace Allen Building (ALN), Rm. 172 Phone Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners o II. Required Books: Diccionario de la Lengua Española: Real Academia Española

3 Course Schedule: August 24: Introduction to PARES (pares.mcu.es) August 31: Letters and Abbreviations Documents from the Archivo General de la Nación, Colombia (AGNC) September 7: Labor Day-No Class September 14: Letters and Abbreviations Documents from the Archivo General de la Nación, Colombia (AGNC) September 21: More Sample Documents from the AGNC Quiz One September 28: More Sample Documents from the AGNC October 5: Documents from the AGI October 12: Documents from the AGI October 19: Quiz Two October 26: Documents from the AGI November 2: Documents from the AGI November 9: Quiz Three November 16: Documents from the AGI November 23: Documents from the AGI November 30: Quiz Four

4 Transcription Projects (30% of final grade): Due December 7 (No later than 5:00 PM) Students will choose from one of the following transcription projects. Project One AGI Justicia 901, N. 2. Pleito Fiscal: Pedro Menéndez Project Two AGI Justicia 888, N. 9. Pleito Fiscal: Tomás Inglés y Tomás Juanes Project Three AGI Justicia 934, N. 8. Pleito Fiscal: Jerónimo de Reinoso Project Four AGI Justicia 893, N. 6. Pleito Fiscal: Coque Hermán Project Five AGI Justicia 905, N. 2. Pleito Fiscal: Esteban de las Alas Project Six AGI Justicia 905, N. 4. Pleito Fiscal: Antonio de Ornutegui Project Seven AGI Justicia 926, N.7. Pleito Fiscal: Alonso Ordóñez Project Eight AGI Justicia 879, N. 3. Pleito Fiscal: Diego de Luna Project Nine AGI Justicia 933, N. 5. Pleito Fiscal: Gonzalo Mulero Project Ten AGI Justicia 905, N. 7. Pleito Fiscal: Tomás Alonso de las Alas Project Eleven AGI Justicia 905, N. 9. Pleito Fiscal: Antonio Hernández Project Twelve AGI Justicia 905, N.10. Pleito Fiscal: Pedro de Valdés Project Thirteen AGI Justicia 905, N. 12. Pleito Fiscal: Baltasar Hernández Project Fourteen AGI Justicia 905, N. 13. Pleito Fiscal: Benito Valero

5 Project Fifteen AGI Justicia 879, N. 4. Pleito Fiscal: Juan Flores Project Sixteen AGI Justicia 806, N. 2. Gregorio de Ugarte contra Sancho Diaz Inglés Project Seventeen AGI Justicia 769, N. 3. Gregorio de Ugarte contra los Oficiales de la Casa Project Eighteen AGI Justicia 817, N. 5. Francisco de Aguilar contra Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Project Nineteen AGI Justicia 886, N. 4. Pleito Fiscal: Gómez de Rojas Manrique Project Twenty AGI Justicia 886, N.13. Pleito Fiscal: Diego Méndez Project Twenty-One AGI Justicia 889, N.3. Pleito Fiscal: Gregorio Pérez Project Twenty-Two AGI Justicia 892, N.6. Pleito Fiscal: Juan Garcia de Chaves Project Twenty-Three AGI Justicia 892, N.8. Pleito Fiscal: Antonio González Project Twenty-Four AGI Justicia 894, N. 3. Pleito Fiscal: Hernán Velázquez del Castillo Project Twenty-Five AGI Justicia1166, N. 5, R.2. Jacobo Pierres contra Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Project Twenty-Six AGI Justicia 894, N. 8. Pleito Fiscal: Juan Velaz de Medrano Project Twenty-Seven AGI Justicia 895, N. 3. Pleito Fiscal: Blas Donis y otros Project Twenty-Eight AGI Justicia 899, N. 5. Pleito Fiscal: Pedro de Figueroa Project Twenty-Nine AGI Justicia 900, N. 5. Pleito Fiscal: Juan de Garibay de Aguirre

6 Project Thirty AGI Justicia 903, N. 1. Pleito Fiscal: Alonso Montero AGI Justicia 903, N. 8. Pleito Fiscal: Alonso Montero Project Thirty-One AGI Justicia 904, N. 4. Pleito Fiscal: Fructuosa de Ulloa Project Thirty-Two AGI Justicia 1160, N. 13. Gómez de Santillán contra Diego de Valle Project Thirty-Three AGI Justicia 905, N. 1. Pleito Fiscal: Alonso Sánchez Project Thirty-Three AGI Justicia 900, N. 5. Pleito Fiscal: Alonso Sánchez Project Thirty-Four AGI Justicia 906, N. 1. Pleito Fiscal: Salvador Garcia Project Thirty-Four AGI Justicia 906, N. 3. Pleito Fiscal: Alonso Garcia de Valdés Project Thirty-Five AGI Justicia 906, N. 6. Pleito Fiscal: Juan Gutiérrez de Palomar Project Thirty-Six AGI Justicia 908, N. 5. Pleito Fiscal: Diego López Project Thirty-Seven AGI Justicia 908, N. 7. Pleito Fiscal: Andrés Ufano y otros Project Thirty-Eight AGI Justicia 909, N. 1. Pleito Fiscal: Juan de Soto Project Thirty-Nine AGI Justicia 918, N. 4. Pleito Fiscal: Juan de Castañeda Project Forty AGI Justicia 927, N. 5. Pleito Fiscal: Diego Flores de Robles