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By Denice Perez
Spanish Franciscan friar
Second bishop of the Yucatan
Brutal attempts to covert them to Christianity.
One of the many priests in the 16th century
Born into a noble Spanish family
the town of Cifuentes Joined the Franciscan
order at 17 1549, he was assigned
to the Yucatan peninsula
One of the first Franciscans to live among the Mayas
learning to speak their language and taking extensive notes about their culture
Struggled to convert the Mayas to Christianity
The indigenous people steadfastly clung to their own spiritual beliefs
Landa launched an inquisition against the Mayas.
Torturing thousands killing more than one hundred in an effort to get them to confess to human sacrifice and other sins
July 1562, Landa burned five thousand native religious images and at least twenty-seven painted books filled with hieroglyph-like images
Bishop Francisco de Toral finally stopped Landa's inquisition
Was sent back to Spain
he was tried for his excesses
Landa wrote Relacion de las Cosas de Yucatan