The Crown, the Catholic Church, and the conquistadors

The goals and interests of the three Spanish groups

The evangelization in the New Spain was a process that involved through voluntary or compulsory teaching of the Catholic religion in the territories of New Spain, the cultural transmission of West. Indigenous people were initially hostile to the modern doctrine and, many of them refused to accept the Catholic religion as the sole officer. The monks undertook the work of evangelization and education in this task destroyed remnants of their ancient culture. The Inquisition was established in 1571 in the likeness of the Spanish, who guarded ...