HIS 2170 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Valladolid Debate, Encomienda

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Translator for hernan cortes: bore him a child, was an important ally. Was a maya native speaker as well as spoke nahuatl. Could relate to both the maya and aztec centres. Allowed cortes and the spaniards to understand the situation and strategies of the other side: was informed of the fractured nature of the civilizations and learned their vulnerabilities. A religious order that denounced human rights abuses and the encomienda. Close ties to the crown gave them access to caciques. Believed in bringing people to christianity through peaceful means. Frontier work: needed to make a reputation for themselves, go where no one else would go. Las casas = indies are people and can"t be slaves. Opposition = they are savages and must be enslaved in order to save them. The idea that the spanish spread evil throughout the world. Due to the abuses they conducted on the native peoples of latin america.

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