Diego de landa biography
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Fray Diego de Landa: biography, works, other contributions
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Diego de Landa Calderón (1524-1579) was a Spanish missionary and priest who belonged to the Franciscan Order.
He has also been considered one of the main Yucatan chroniclers.
Diego de landa biography
In addition to all this, within his work as ecclesiastical was that of bishop.
De Landa Calderón dedicated himself to making a kind of chronological reports on the history, literature and culture of the Mayan people.
Those writings were a replacement or reproduction of the originals, and he did them without having the approval of the Spanish Crown, nor that of the clerical institutions.
Throughout history the goodness of Diego de Landa has been questioned, due to his actions against some indigenous Mayans.
For example, the Inquisition that he led in 1562 ended the lives of men and women for their beliefs, in addition to destroying many of their texts.
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Birth of Diego de Landa
Diego de Landa was born on Novem