Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion
- Written by Diego Javier Luis, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University
One of the most pervasive myths about colonial Latin American society is that it was Catholic, full stop.
It’s a familiar story: As history books tell it, the Europeans brought their religion to the New World, and none were as zealous in their attempts to convert Indigenous people as the Spaniards. Indeed, in the Spanish view, the quest to...
