José Carlos De La Puente Luna

About the Author

José Carlos De La Puente Luna is a historian whose work explores the intersections of Indigenous agency, imperial justice, and transatlantic mobility in the early modern period. His scholarship centers on Andean peoples who navigated the Spanish legal system in pursuit of recognition and redress, illuminating the complex strategies they employed within colonial structures. Through meticulous archival research, he reveals how individuals from the Andes engaged with the highest echelons of Spanish authority, reshaping our understanding of Indigenous political action and cosmopolitan networks across the Atlantic world.