Evaluate the extent to which Christianity changed societies in Latin America in the period 1500-1800. Document 1

Source: Record of the confession of Domingos Fernandes Nobre, a Brazilian man of mixed

European-Amerindian ancestry, at his Inquisition trial, Brazil, 1592.

The defendant, Domingos Fernandes Nobre, confessed that twenty years ago he went to the wilderness of

Porto Seguro, Brazil, in the company of others to search for gold, and there he practiced the customs of the

heathens, staining his legs with paint. He also confessed that sixteen years ago he was ordered to go to the

region of Paraiba, as captain of a company to bring natives as slaves downriver to be settled and, while being

there, he painted his body in the heathen way and danced and sang and played musical instruments with the

heathens in their way.

Christianity changed Latin American societies in many ways. People were preached to the mass by European evangelists, which had never been done before.

They began naming villages and cities after Catholic saints from Europe, but they soon began to acknowledge saints from the Americas, and Christianity spread swiftly. The culture became purely religious, customs changed, and religious dates began to be observed.

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Answer and Explanation:

Body painting was a native custom of society in Brazil, being a common custom of indigenous communities. However, the arrival of Europeans in South America, specifically in Brazil, as the text refers, ignored indigenous customs and established new customs, with the excuse that European customs were customs approved by God, since Europeans were Christians . In this way, European society modified Latin American society, causing indigenous customs to be considered pagans and whoever adopted them to be punished.

latin america is a region of racial and cultural diversity.  it is a group of countries and dependencies in the americas where romance languages are predominant. the term originated in 19th century france as amérique latine to consider french-speaking territories in the americas along with the larger group of countries where spanish and portuguese languages prevailed.

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