Real Hacienda y Negocios: García de Salcedo, Oficial Real en Lima (1532-1556)

Abstract

In the context of the expansion of mercantile capitalism and the transformation of the State during the sixteenth century, this article focuses on the tensions between private interests and those of the Castilian Crown, particularly the work of the Royal Treasury (Real Hacienda) during the Conquest. It examines the case of one of the first royal officials in Peru. The violation of state norms by administrative agents of the monarchy has been treated by different authors from different perspectives. The reason for returning to this issue here consists in observing it as a strategy combined with other mechanisms of profit extraction in the process of the Conquest and in economic activities in commercial and agrarian sectors.