Episode 5 - Tainas

In this episode, we celebrate the role of women in leading and sustaining their Taíno communities in the 15th century and see how this compares to their counterparts in Europe at the time. If you want more information on the topic, please see the main references for the episode below: Historia general y natural de las Indias por Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés https://ems.kcl.ac.uk/content/etext/e026.html, Caribe Taíno: Ensayos Históricos Sobre El Siglo XVI por Jalil Sued Badillo: https://archive.org/details/sued-badillo-j.-caribe-taino-ensayos-historicos-sobre-el-siglo-xvi-2020 ;Genealogia de los caciques y cacicas de Boriquén: https://miguelrodriguezarqueologo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/55.-GENEALOGIA-CACIQUES-TAINOS-EN-ACTAS-8VO-ENCUENTRO-DE-INVESTIGADORES-ICP-P74-91-2010.pdf; Cristóbal Colón-Textos y Documentos Completos: https://www.athenaica.com/libro/textos-y-documentos-completos_155220/  If you prefer to listen in Spanish, don’t forget that this episode is also available in Spanish on this same feed. If you’d like to support this educational initiative, you can visit our Patreon page here:patreon.com/HistoriaBoricua   The image for this episode is from the book La Historia del Mondo Nuovo by Girolamo Benzoni published in 1565.