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[https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199766581/obo-9780199766581-0180.xml by John F. Schwaller 31/3/16 Oxford Bibliographic] | [https://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/document/obo-9780199766581/obo-9780199766581-0180.xml by John F. Schwaller 31/3/16 Oxford Bibliographic] | ||
The Catholic Church was undoubtedly the single most important institution in colonial Latin America. Everyone who lived in the region was nominally a member of the Church. The Church controlled all aspects of life from birth, through marriage, until death. | The Catholic Church was undoubtedly the single most important institution in colonial Latin America. Everyone who lived in the region was nominally a member of the Church. The Church controlled all aspects of life from birth, through marriage, until death. | ||
=====The Spanish fringe===== | |||
[https://www.britannica.com/place/Latin-America/The-Spanish-fringe by James Lockhart 10/10/25 Britannica] | |||
From the notion of “centre” as used above it follows that the remaining area of Spanish occupation was, from the Spanish point of view at least, peripheral. Most of the Hispanic territories in the Indies were occupied by groups coming precisely from the central areas. Conquering groups had always consisted largely of people of lesser position in the base area, and, as it grew clearer that the central areas were unequaled in their assets, the marginality of the personnel going elsewhere became even more pronounced. | |||
