Yahoo

Spanish colonizers: 'Accept our king, our god − or else'

Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly becoming known as Indigenous Peoples Day. In the push to rename Columbus Day, Christopher Columbus himself has become a metaphor ...
Yahoo

Latin America's colonial period was far less Catholic than it might seem − despite the Inquisition's attempts to police religion

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 ...
Sun Journal

Accept our king, our god — or else: The senseless ‘requirement’ Spanish colonizers used to justify their bloodshed in the Americas

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Across the United States, the second Monday of October is increasingly ...
Texas Standard

Texas archaeologists discover location of long-lost mission near Victoria

The explorer LaSalle, the French explorer La Salle, he misnavigates, so the story goes, and ends up in Texas. He was looking ...