HIST 1F96 Lecture Notes - Spanish Inquisition, Solitary Confinement, Praying Town
12 Mar 2014
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The power of the church th , 2013) (week 8, november 5. Since columbus" initial voyages, spain sought to bring catholicism to natives. Various missionary groups (dominicans, franciscans, jesuits) sought to teach indians. Christianity, spanish language and culture in missions, which were constructed by. Indian labour. (and harvest coco, not paid labour and they can"t leave). Natives were often rounded up at gun point by soldiers and removed to missions by force. Missions employed natives in agriculture and stock raising-catholic church was the (forced relocation). largest holder of indian slaves. Natives were subjected to harsh discipline (runaways were whipped, put in stocks or placed in solitary confinement, those who practiced traditional beliefs were publicly whipped, girls were locked into special dormitories to avoid sexual contact). Natives who resisted were subject to loss of rations, confinement, physical punishment and in rare circumstances execution.
