encomienda
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- noun
- /ˌɛnkəˈmjɛndə/
- Specialized
- Under the encomienda, Spanish settlers received labor from indigenous communities in exchange for protection and religious instruction.
- encomienda system
- tribute within his encomienda
- encomienda grant
Examples
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Under this system, the encomendero had effective control of the land and Indian labor, as well as the crown-given right to exact tribute within his encomienda grant.
Academic text (1992) -
Columbus also put in place a quasi-feudal system called encomienda.
Blog text (13) -
Where encomienda survived, tribute was paid in part or whole to the encomenderos.
Academic text (2001) -
Indian trade in the seventeenth century was most affected by the notion of tribute that accompanied the encomienda system.
Academic text (1992) -
In return, he provided the Indians in his encomienda with the services of a priest to aid in the Christianization process—not exactly a fair exchange, but one that was central to early colonial relations.
Academic text (1999) -
In contrast, under the Spanish encomienda system, large numbers of Andean men were constantly removed from their communities for both labor in the encomenderos' enterprises and for military service in expeditions against "hostile" tribes, or in the many civil wars among the Spaniards themselves.
Academic text (1999) -
In sixteenth-century Trujillo, at least, indigenous cloth provided by far the largest share of tribute income to coastal encomenderos and a substantial part of the income of the highland encomiendas as well (table 2).
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The encomienda system allowed Spanish colonists to demand tribute from local indigenous peoples.
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During the colonial period, the Spanish crown established the encomienda to regulate labor and tribute from natives.
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Etymology
Encomienda comes from the Spanish verb encomendar, which means 'to entrust' and shares a root with the English word recommend. It first named a grant where colonists were entrusted with indigenous people and their labor, which is why encomienda now refers to the colonial system that allowed colonists to demand work and tribute.