Abstract

LEON CAZARES, María del Carmen. Fray Diego de Landa, Bishop-Elect of Yucatán, According to his 1572 Legitimacy and Nobility Information. Estud. cult. maya [online]. 2021, vol.58, pp.295-328.  Epub Oct 04, 2021. ISSN 0185-2574.  https://doi.org/10.19130/iifl.ecm.2021.58.23870.

The purpose of publishing this document is to contribute to the knowledge of the fray Diego de Landa’s biography, with the aim of enlightening his election as Yucatán´s Bishop, according to the Trento's Council and in regard to the political guidelines of the Council of the Indies, in spite of his controversial role as a peninsular Maya’s evangelist, during the second half of XVI century.

Keywords : Diego de Landa; biography; probanza; Bishop; franciscans; Trento; Yucatán.

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