This is a transcription of Spanish priest and explorer Fernando de Montesinos’ 1644 manuscript for Book II of Memorias historiales, a rare reference on early Peru and Andean culture.Distributed for the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
An Early Jesuit Account of Inca Religion and Andean Christianity
This English translation presents a sixteenth-century Spanish manuscript authored by an Inca Jesuit, offering insights into Inca religion and the dynamics of Christianity's spread in colonial Peru. The book features an introductory essay that contextualizes the manuscript, enriching the reader's understanding of the cultural and religious transformations during this pivotal period in history.
The story of the life and untimely death of a persecuted priest in colonial Peru and the controversy over mysterious, recently discovered documents about him