... not actually based on faith, but on fear. This was a common act. "The result of all this was formal Christianization, understood as the acceptance of certain rituals that were the symbols of fundamental truths but the fulfillment of which did not imply a substantial moral transformation." In conjunction with the Spaniards" dual intentions in exploration and expansion, this was not really an ... writings of Columbus himself evidence his desire to convert the natives and yet at the same time show his consuming desire to find gold. Some might view his motivation as greed hidden under the c...

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