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El período colonial de América Latina fue mucho menos católico de lo que parece, a pesar de los intentos de la Inquisición de controlar la religión

  • Written by Diego Javier Luis, Assistant Professor of History, Tufts University
imageCeremonia de castigo por herejía, llamada "auto de fe", en el pueblo de San Bartolomé Otzolotepec, en el actual México.Museo Nacional de Arte/Wikimedia Commons

Uno de los mitos más extendidos sobre la sociedad colonial latinoamericana es que era católica y punto.

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