The Audiencia of Santo Domingo in the Seventeenth Century

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Marc Eagle is a professor of history at Western Kentucky University.

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Marc Eagle analyzes the role of the audiencia (an appellate court of justice) of Santo Domingo, especially the ways it provided royal oversight and a connection to the metropolis for the island of Hispaniola and the larger district of the Caribbean.

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Acknowledgements
Author’s Note

1. Introduction: Imperial Governance and the Audiencia of Santo Domingo
2. Audiencias and President-Governors, 1600-1653
3. Audiencias and President-Governors, 1653-1700
4. Local Institutions
5. District Supervision
6. The Audiencia Ministers
7. The Audiencia and Society
   Conclusion
   Appendix: Ministers of the Audiencia of Santo Domingo, 1600-1700
   Bibliography
   Index