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 VI - OF THE WOMEN WHO WERE FAVOURED BY THE YNCA
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
It is true that the Yncas gave women to distinguished persons in their service, such as Curacas and captains, and the like. But these were daughters of other captains, whom the Ynca took to present as wives to those who served him well; and he who received a girl from the Ynca did not consider himself less favoured and gratified than he from whom the Ynca asked his daughter; for the Ynca had taken the girl to make her his own jewel, and then to give her hand to one who had served him well. In the favours of the Ynca, the gift was not so much valued, however great it might be, as the fact that it had been received at the majestic hands of the Ynca, which was looked upon as a divine and not a human favour.
The Ynca also gave, although on rare occasions, girls who were of the blood royal, but illegitimate, to Curacas who were lords of great provinces, as well to do them a favour as to oblige them for having been loyal vassals. Thus it was that, having so many women to give away, it was not necessary for the king to part with any who had been dedicated in the convents; for this would have been an insult to him, to the women, and to religion.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 303 - 304Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010