Abstract

ROCHER SALAS, Adriana. The Mountain: Space of Rebellion, Faith and Conquest. Estud. hist. novohisp [online]. 2014, n.50, pp.45-76. ISSN 2448-6922.

That the same place can attain different meanings depending on the different approximations to it, is something that is clearly seen in the region of "La Montaña" on the border between Yucatán and the Audiencia of Guatemala. For some it meant shelter, resistance or open rebellion, for others a site to seek glory, in this world or in the other; and for yet some others, those that inhabited the world of christian "police and civility", it was the reign of the "other", full of savages, idolaters and apostates. This paper will focus on these different forms of understanding this wild and mountainous space.

Keywords : Yucatán; mountain; reduction; conquest; frontier.