EL EXPOLIO DE LOS SANTUARIOS INDÍGENAS DURANTE LA CONQUISTA EN EL NUEVO REINO DE GRANADA: UN DEBATE ENTRE LA CONFRONTACIÓN RELIGIOSA Y LA AMBICIÓN.

The Looting of Indian Sanctuaries During the Conquest of the Kingdom of New Granada: A Debate Between Religious Confrontation and Ambition.

COLOMBIA; SPAIN; AMERICA

Gold was one of the main interests of the Spanish in their conquest campaigns in American territory. After military rule, civil and ecclesiastical authorities implemented measures to continue and justify the looting. Various strategies were designed by the Indians to prevent the pillaging of sacred sites. In the end, it was obvious tension between the survival of indigenous religious practices and politics of repression and censorship imposed by the Crown and the Church. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El oro fue uno de los principales intereses de los españoles en sus campañas de Conquista en territorio americano. Después del dominio militar, las autoridades civiles y eclesiásticas implementaron medidas para continuar y justificar el saqueo. Diversas fueron las estrategias diseñadas por los indios para evitar el expolio de sus lugares sagrados. Al final, fue evidente la tensión entre la supervivencia de las prácticas religiosas indígenas y la política de represión y censura aplicada por la Corona y la Iglesia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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