Acknowledgments -- Transcription, Translation, and Citation Norms -- Introduction -- Background -- History -- Diversity and Experimentation-1550s and 1560s -- Reform and Standardization-1570s and 1580s -- The Questione della Lingua and the Politics of Vernacular Competence (1570s-1640s) -- The Heyday of Pastoral Quechua (1590s-1640s) -- Texts -- Pastoral Quechua Linguistics -- Text, Genre, and Poetics -- God, Christ, and Mary in the Andes -- Performance and Contextualization -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Pastoral Quechua Works -- Bibliography -- Index