 |
EncyclopediaGasca, Pedro de laGasca, Pedro de la (pā'&thstrok;rō &thstrok;ā lä gäs'kä) [key], c.1485–1567?, Spanish colonial administrator. A priest as well as a lawyer, he was selected by Charles V to end the anarchy prevailing in Peru. He arrived in 1547 after the death of the viceroy Blasco Núñez Vela. Tactful, judicious, but unyielding, he wisely offered pardon to all and repealed the New Laws of Bartolomé de Las Casas before mustering his forces and entering the field against Gonzalo Pizarro, whom he defeated in 1548 and ordered executed. He restored some semblance of order to Peru, but his methods were always strictly expedient. After his return to Spain in 1550 he was made bishop of Siguenza and Palencia. The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th ed. Copyright © 2007, Columbia University Press. All rights reserved. More on Pedro de la Gasca from Infoplease:
- Gonzalo Pizarro - Pizarro, Gonzalo Pizarro, Gonzalo , c.1506–1548, Spanish conquistador, brother of Francisco ...
- Sebastián de Benalcázar - Benalcázar or Belalcázar, Sebastián de Benalcázar or Belalcázar, ...
- Pedro de Valdivia - Valdivia, Pedro de Valdivia, Pedro de , c.1500–1554, Spanish conquistador, conqueror of ...
- Bartolomé de Las Casas - Las Casas, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Bartolomé de , 1474–1566, Spanish missionary ...
- Peru, country, South America: History - History Early History Peru has been inhabited since at least the 9th millennium B.C., and the ...
|
|
