Friday, February 10, 2017
Spanish Colonial Rule - Law and Religion
Spanish compound endure affected close every aspect of Indian invigoration. It dismantled political structures and altered communities by taking pocketable villages into build them into larger social. And by establishing a community scratch line then came the physical building of one. Hence Spanish rule taking control, economic everyy, by charge labor and support from the homegrown population. Such labor was unavoidable for the construction of palaces, churches, waterworks, and roads all necessary to establish a Spanish dominating force. Spanish as well as asserted their hegemony by taking control of evidential amounts of land taken from the endemical population. Increasing demand for tribute payments led to Indians selling, renting, and pawning of property, and even finally led to indebtedness in wills for the natural population. \nThe Spanish colonial system could not but dominate by force. The indigenous population was too spacious and culturally diverse. Thus w hy the Spanish created their legal system. Indian records show that litigants of impartialitysuits consistently went to Spanish officials when Indian officials do decisions against them. The adoption and use of Spanish law by the Indians only made the control stronger. Religion as well as played a spoilt part of Spanish colonial rule. The Spanish were smart and were stern about converting the natives to their religion. It was just another(prenominal) form of control. This caused the natives to practice their beliefs at home and their new Christian beliefs out in earth and eventually the two merged into a dual sacred system. And by doing this it became natural and was a part of their life and customs. By using religion as a hegemony tool the Spanish were able to reconstruct the Indians personal manner of life according to their rules. \nSpanish Colonial rule was also able to breach through and through the Indians public life, with state laws and became a part of their priv ate life through the church. And it was through religion that they to...
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