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 IV - THERE WERE MANY OTHER HOUSES OF VIRGINS. THE STATEMENT RESPECTING THE RIGOROUS LAW IS VERIFIED BY ZARATE
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
All that has been said was with reference to the convent of the virgins of Cuzco, dedicated to the Sun. There were many others like it in other parts of the kingdom, in provinces where the Ynca, as a great privilege, ordered them to be built. Into these were admitted, not only maidens of the blood royal, but also those of mixed blood. As a great favour, the daughters of the Curacas were also allowed to enter; and those of the common people, who were very beautiful, were selected as concubines of the Ynca, but not of the San. Their parents held it to be their greatest happiness to have the girls chosen as concubines of the king, as did the girls themselves.
These girls were guarded with the same care and vigilance as those of the Sun. They had servant-maids like the others, and were maintained out of the estates of the Ynca, because they were his women. They could do the same work as those of the Sun, weaving and sewing, making clothes in very great quantities for the Ynca, and making all the other things we have mentioned as being the work of the virgins of the Sun. The Ynca distributed the work of these girls among the royal family, the Curacas, war captains, and all other persons whom he desired to honour with presents. These gifts were not prohibited, because they were made by the Yncas and for him, and not by the virgins of the Sun for the Sun.
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- First Part of the Royal Commentaries of the Yncas , pp. 299 - 301Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010