{"id":37,"date":"2012-12-01T12:17:19","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T12:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dedenbachsalazar.de\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2012-12-01T12:17:19","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T12:17:19","slug":"the-encounter-of-people-and-languages","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dedenbachsalazar.de\/?page_id=37","title":{"rendered":"The Encounter of People and Languages"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1532 the Spaniards landed in North Peru and, in a time of political division in Peru, seized power very fast. They killed the Inca Atahualpa and had the support of a number of indigenous groups who were glad to help them in disposing of their own conqueror, the Inca. (Further reading: Hemming 1972 Conquest<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\n

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\nThe Incas confront the Spaniards (Guaman Poma de Ayala [ca. 1615] Adorno & Boserup 2001<\/strong><\/a>, p. 384);<\/span> from the manuscript in the Royal Library, Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Spanish conquest was accompanied, if not justified and legitimised, by the introduction of the Christian religion to a continent whose peoples – according to the Spaniards – were victims of the Devil and manipulated by him.<\/p>\n

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The viewpoint of the Spaniards: The indigenous people communicate with the Devil (Cieza de Le\u00f3n 1553 Chronica del Peru<\/strong><\/a>, fol. 17r) From the copy of the John Carter Brown Library, Providence, Rhode Island, USA.<\/p>\n

(Further reading: <\/strong>Dussel 1995 Invention of the Americas<\/em><\/strong><\/a>; Dedenbach-Salazar S\u00e1enz 2007 Andine traditionelle Kulturen<\/em><\/strong><\/a>; Durston 2007 Pastoral Quechua<\/a><\/em>; <\/strong>Itier 1994-95\u00a0Litt\u00e9rature quechua<\/em><\/strong><\/a>;\u00a0<\/em>Taylor 2003 El sol, la luna y las estrellas<\/strong><\/a>.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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