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Juan Rodríguez Freyle (also written as Juan Rodríguez Freile), (Bogotá, New Kingdom of Granada, 25 April 1566 - Bogotá, 1642) was an early writer in the New Kingdom of Granada, the Spanish Empire, Spanish colonial territory of what today is Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela. The son of a soldier in the army of Pedro de Ursúa, Rodríguez Freyle knew the ''cacique'' of Lake Guatavita, Guatavita and the founder of Bogotá: Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada. His major work ''El Carnero'' is a collection of stories, anecdotes and rumours about the early days of the New Kingdom of Granada and the demise of the Muisca Confederation. It is one of the most important sources for the sixteenth century Spanish period of present-day Colombia.
Juan Rodríguez Freyle was married to Francisca Rodríguez and died in Bogotá in 1642.
- Bank of the Republic (Colombia), Banco de la República Little is known about his life, but he didn't have a full education and sources state he learned how to read from Gonzalo García Zorro, seven times List of mayors of Bogotá, mayor of Bogotá between 1544 and 1564.List of mayors of Bogotá - 1538-1600
/ref> Rodríguez Freyle studied at the San Luis seminary for two years, where he was expelled for including the nickname for the archbishop Zapata as Sabata.
- Pueblos Originarios Freyle enrolled in expeditions to submit the indigenous peoples of Colombia, indigenous groups Timaná people, Timaná (Huila Department, Huila) and Pijao people, Pijao, the latter under command of president Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia, Juan de Borja. He got to know conquistador, founder and first mayor of Bogotá Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who died in 1579, and the ''cacique'' of Guatavita. Later, he remained six years in Spain as secretary of oidor Alonso Pérez Salazar. During his time in Spain from 1585 to 1591, he witnessed the attack on Cádiz, Spain, Cádiz by the pirate Francis Drake in 1587.''El Carnero'' - semilla de nuestro periodismo
- El Tiempo (Colombia), El Tiempo Upon the death of Pérez Salazar, Rodríguez Freyle found himself in economical problems and in a country far away from his birth nation. He returned to the New Kingdom of Granada and settled for a while in Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena de Indias. After his time in Cartagena, Juan Rodríguez Freyle traveled along the Magdalena River back to his birthplace and dedicated himself to Muisca agriculture, agriculture in Guatavita, Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Back in Bogotá, in 1603 or 1604 he married Francisca Rodríguez and as it seems worked in the office for the collection of taxes. In his free time, he started to write. Of Rodríguez Freyle is said that he was an educated man and fond of literature.
In the last years of his life, between 1636 and 1638, Rodríguez Freyle wrote his magnum opus: ''El Carnero, El Carnero - Conquista y descubrimiento del Nuevo Reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del Mar Océano, y Fundación de la ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá, primera de este reino donde se fundó la Real Audiencia y Cancillería, siendo la cabeza se hizo su arzobispado'', about the first List of conquistadors in Colombia, conquistadors in Colombia, among which his father, Juan Freyle, soldier under Pedro de Ursúa. The work is one of the most extensive sources about the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Rodríguez Freyle wrote this book based on his friendship with the ''cacique'' of Guatavita, one of the major Muisca rulers, rulers of the Muisca Confederation. Juan Rodríguez Freyle lived in Guasca, Cundinamarca, close to Muisca religion, sacred Lake Guatavita. ''El Carnero'' was mentioned in the historical literature for the first time in 1785 and not fully published until 1859.
''El Carnero'' ("The Sheep") is regarded as the most important source for the historical events in the early colonial times of what later would become Colombia. Researcher Carlos Rey Pereira published his PhD in 2000 about the work, where he assessed the validity of the events described as a mixture of common opinions and rumours. Rodríguez Freyle filled the gaps between two other List of Muisca scholars, early Spanish chroniclers: Pedro Simón and Juan de Castellanos. Other critical reviews of the book mention the viewpoint of the writer; child of an encomienda, encomendero and conquistador. Rey Pereira quotes scholar David Bost:
Biography
Juan Rodríguez Freyle was born in Bogotá, the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada, as son of Juan Freyle and Catalina Rodríguez. The Freyles were originally from Alcalá de Henares, Spanish Empire, Spain and of good standing.Biography Juan Rodríguez Freyle- Bank of the Republic (Colombia), Banco de la República Little is known about his life, but he didn't have a full education and sources state he learned how to read from Gonzalo García Zorro, seven times List of mayors of Bogotá, mayor of Bogotá between 1544 and 1564.List of mayors of Bogotá - 1538-1600
/ref> Rodríguez Freyle studied at the San Luis seminary for two years, where he was expelled for including the nickname for the archbishop Zapata as Sabata.
- Pueblos Originarios Freyle enrolled in expeditions to submit the indigenous peoples of Colombia, indigenous groups Timaná people, Timaná (Huila Department, Huila) and Pijao people, Pijao, the latter under command of president Juan Buenaventura de Borja y Armendia, Juan de Borja. He got to know conquistador, founder and first mayor of Bogotá Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada who died in 1579, and the ''cacique'' of Guatavita. Later, he remained six years in Spain as secretary of oidor Alonso Pérez Salazar. During his time in Spain from 1585 to 1591, he witnessed the attack on Cádiz, Spain, Cádiz by the pirate Francis Drake in 1587.''El Carnero'' - semilla de nuestro periodismo
- El Tiempo (Colombia), El Tiempo Upon the death of Pérez Salazar, Rodríguez Freyle found himself in economical problems and in a country far away from his birth nation. He returned to the New Kingdom of Granada and settled for a while in Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena de Indias. After his time in Cartagena, Juan Rodríguez Freyle traveled along the Magdalena River back to his birthplace and dedicated himself to Muisca agriculture, agriculture in Guatavita, Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Back in Bogotá, in 1603 or 1604 he married Francisca Rodríguez and as it seems worked in the office for the collection of taxes. In his free time, he started to write. Of Rodríguez Freyle is said that he was an educated man and fond of literature.
''El Carnero''
In the last years of his life, between 1636 and 1638, Rodríguez Freyle wrote his magnum opus: ''El Carnero, El Carnero - Conquista y descubrimiento del Nuevo Reino de Granada de las Indias Occidentales del Mar Océano, y Fundación de la ciudad de Santafé de Bogotá, primera de este reino donde se fundó la Real Audiencia y Cancillería, siendo la cabeza se hizo su arzobispado'', about the first List of conquistadors in Colombia, conquistadors in Colombia, among which his father, Juan Freyle, soldier under Pedro de Ursúa. The work is one of the most extensive sources about the Spanish conquest of the Muisca. Rodríguez Freyle wrote this book based on his friendship with the ''cacique'' of Guatavita, one of the major Muisca rulers, rulers of the Muisca Confederation. Juan Rodríguez Freyle lived in Guasca, Cundinamarca, close to Muisca religion, sacred Lake Guatavita. ''El Carnero'' was mentioned in the historical literature for the first time in 1785 and not fully published until 1859.
''El Carnero'' ("The Sheep") is regarded as the most important source for the historical events in the early colonial times of what later would become Colombia. Researcher Carlos Rey Pereira published his PhD in 2000 about the work, where he assessed the validity of the events described as a mixture of common opinions and rumours. Rodríguez Freyle filled the gaps between two other List of Muisca scholars, early Spanish chroniclers: Pedro Simón and Juan de Castellanos. Other critical reviews of the book mention the viewpoint of the writer; child of an encomienda, encomendero and conquistador. Rey Pereira quotes scholar David Bost:
"Modern scholarship has shown that such a confluence of what we now term history and fiction was common during this period. Historical writers frequently relied upon recourses from literary models to invest their accounts with a more expressive language. There was often no clear distinction between the two forms of writing with regard to truth or reliability; it was not uncommon for historians like Rodríguez Freyle or Pedro Simón to create portraitures and characterizations with little or no textual evidence. Historians were free to speculate about people and occurrences; their narratives thus reflect frequent turns toward an imaginative, inventive depiction of the American scene."Bost, 1990, p.169
See also
*List of Muisca scholars *Spanish conquest of the Muisca *Spanish conquest of the Chibchan Nations *''El Carnero'', Gonzalo Jiménez de QuesadaNotes
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