The conquest and conversion of peoples in the New World was a continuation of a process that had begun during the Reconquest in Spain. In this sense,...

The conquest and conversion of peoples in the New World was a continuation of a process that hadbegun during the Reconquest in Spain. In this sense, Christianity can be said to have an aggressiveand militant nature and the Spaniards at the time were perhaps the most militant and proselytizing ofall Christians in Europe.