Religion and social control in the colony

The case of the urban Indians of Lima, 1570 - 1620

Authors

  • Lyn Lowry

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v20i32.950

Keywords:

Lima

Abstract

The Catholic religion played an extremely important role in colonial life. We can still find traces of its importance in the many architectural works and in religious art, both in the small villages of Latin America and in its large cities. But religion has also left another mark, no less material than that of the buildings: the Catholic Church and its ministers who formed a force for the pacification, modeling and control of the natives of America. It is no exaggeration to say that for the majority of the indigenous people of the New World, the religion imposed by the conquerors was both an entry into European culture and a mechanism for their own conquest and domination.

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Published

1988-12-06

How to Cite

Religion and social control in the colony: The case of the urban Indians of Lima, 1570 - 1620. (1988). Allpanchis, 20(32), 11-42. https://doi.org/10.36901/allpanchis.v20i32.950

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