HIST 380 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Diego De Landa, Inca Empire, Local Extinction
17 Nov 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Priests had zero tolerance for native religions and practices. All natives needed to be converted to catholicism, however many were successful in keeping their religion. However, many natives accepted the new faith and contributed greatly to it. Donating buildings, joining religious orders, among other things. Don carlos ometochtzin was an aztec leader who was arrested in 1539 despite his conversion, for complaining. It was imperative that native leaders convert so that their followers would also convert. He was arrested, tried, sentenced and then burned at the stake for being a pagan. Hardened church"s resolve to root out paganism and idolatry, since it was more present than they thought. By 1560, there were more than 800 friars in mesoamerica. By 1580, there were friars in every corner of what had been the inca empire as well. Protests in mexico broke out as people were upset that the. In 1562, diego de landa, the head of franciscans in.
