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Article: Franciscans, Indian sorcerers, and the inquisition in New Spain, 1536-1543.
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- Journal of World History
- Article date:
- March 1, 2006
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In the years 1536-1543, the Spanish crown gave authority to the bishop of Mexico City, Fray Juan de Zumarraga, to establish an Episcopal Inquisition in Mexico City. (1) With the urging of the Franciscan community, the bishop used his inquisitional authority to hold nineteen trials for religious crimes against mostly Indian leaders living in and around the Mexico Valley--a phenomenon called the Indian Inquisition. (2) Both before and after this brief campaign, the trials of Indians for paganism or idolatry were either absent or few and always sporadic and lacking the support of the crown in Spain. The Indian Inquisition, however, was the most concerted effort of the Spanish ...
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