Explores the vital, often conflictive role indigenous agents playedin the creation of Andean Christian society.
Focusing on the highland parishes of the Lima archdiocese, John Charles explores the vital, often conflictive role indigenous agents played in the creation of Andean Christian society. Allies at Odds centers on the ways in which indios ladinos, as representatives of the law in n…
Explores the vital, often conflictive role indigenous agents played in the creation of Andean Christian society.
When the Spanish invaded the Inca empire in 1532, the cult of the ancestors was an essential feature of pre-Columbian religion throughout the Andes. The dead influenced politics, protected the living, symbolized the past, and legitimized claims over the land their descendants oc…
When the Spanish invaded the Inca empire in 1532, the cult of the ancestors was an essential feature of pre-Columbian religion throughout the Andes. The dead influenced politics, protected the living, symbolized the past, and legitimized claims over the land their descendants oc…
