Talk:Diego de Landa
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[edit] Remorse
I remember hearing or reading that del Landa was severely remorseful after the burining of the codices and spent an exhorbitant amount of time trying to research adn document the Mayan language and culture. Does anyone know any more --Agrofe 21:56, 12 February 2007 (UTC)about this?
- This is a most important question. Unfortunately I cannot answer it. There are some wikipedians fans of Maya themes that you may approach. Like many Spaniards Landa was so shocked about sacrifices that he himself, Landa, used cruelties and codex burning in an utterly mistaken attempt to change the Mayas’ ways. (The Romans did something similar in the Third Punic War, after which the sacrifices performed by Carthaginians ended.) —Cesar Tort 23:01, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
- David E. Timmer writes in Providence and Perdition: Fray Diego de Landa Justifies His Inquisition against the Yucatecan Maya that Diego de Landa did not feel any remorse at all for his actions (480). A long argument short states that Landa shared the same paternalistic view towards indigenous people as most Franciscans did, namely that Indians had to be protected and disciplined as children. Landa viewed himself as a father who was betrayed by children. Timmer argues that while confessions were likely coerced and exaggerated, Landa felt no remorse whatsoever because he believed that sacrifices were happening and that brutalizing a handful of people saved the entire population in the long run. Joshuaeweston (talk) 06:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)