Editing New Spain (section)

====Viceroyalty====
The Viceroyalty was administered by a [[viceroy]] residing in Mexico City and appointed by the [[Spanish monarchy|Spanish monarch]], who had administrative oversight of all of these regions, although most matters were handled by the local governmental bodies, which ruled the various regions of the viceroyalty. First among these were the ''[[Audiencia Real|audiencia]]s'', which were primarily superior tribunals, but which also had administrative and legislative functions. Each of these was responsible to the Viceroy of New Spain in administrative matters (though not in judicial ones), but they also answered directly to the [[Council of the Indies]].