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Item type:Publication, The historical context and the bookish culture of Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo(Academia Peruana de la Lengua, 2024-07-01)Recognized by his contemporaries as a scholar in different branches of letters and sciences, the Lima native Pedro de Peralta y Barnuevo was the author of numerous works and an insatiable reader. In this text I study the circumstances and the means that allowed him access to books and, therefore, to cultivate reading: the instruction he received at the University of San Marcos; the gatherings and academies in which he participated in Lima, and the bookish trade existing in this city. As an active member of the republic of colonial letters, Peralta must have accumulated an important collection of books during his lifetime, but unfortunately only a partial record of it has come down to us, thanks to the post-mortem inventory of his possessions, carried out in 1743. Despite its limitations, this inventory constitutes a historical source of exceptional interest because it confirms Peralta’s encyclopedic curiosity and allows us to reconstruct the historical context that made this possible. In the final part of this essay, I will transcribe this list of books and propose the respective identifications. - Some of the metrics are blocked by yourconsent settings
Item type:Publication, The formation of the National Archives of Peru (1861–1920)(Hamburg University Press, 2024-01-01)This article deals with the formation of the National Archive between 1861, the year it was created, until 1920, when it acquired full institutional autonomy and began to function as a public service. In this article I argue that the need to have a National Archive was based on two foundations. Firstly, to serve for the writing of national history, particularly of the colonial period; and, secondly, sustain the political interests of the State. However, six decades had to pass to achieve these goals. This was because he had to overcome economic difficulties and face the ups and downs of political history. To understand the need of a sector of the political and intellectual elite to have an archive, this article begins with a description of the state of the documentary heritage before 1861. It continues with the explanation of the circumstances of its legal creation and its length and eventful process of constitution as a service.