SPANISH INQUISITION IN PERÚ
RESEARCH PAPER WHAT TO COVER:
– What is the Spanish Inquisition
– How it started (real reason of why it was stablished)
– How was the Spanish Inquisition stablished in Perú (who was in control of this
organization) (timeline)
– Who was ruling these lands during this period. (Spain, why?)
– FOCUS: how did the Spanish Inquisition changed the life of the natives, mestizos.
– Records indicate that the Spanish Inquisition committed terrible actions against people
during this Colonial time (WHY?, what where they trying to accomplish)
– What rules (laws) were stablished by the Spanish Inquisition in Perú, was it only in Lima?
other parts of Perú?
– How this type of Religion affected the natives? They were forced to abandon their
culture, beliefs, lifestyle, their type of natural medicine, etc. (EXPAND)
– What other struggles did the Natives suffered during these times, APART from religion.
– How long did it last? HOW did it end?
– How the presence of the Spanish inquisition during this Colonial times affected the
culture in these lands?
– Is there anything relatively similar to the Spanish Inquisition nowadays?
Criteria:
• 7 coherent pages of original research with potential for further investigation. Structure
is clear and logical: introduction and body paragraphs; in-depth analysis, strong
discussion of evidence and incorporates at least 4 sources.
• MLA format, double space, Works Cited list.