Diego de Landa
E602956
Diego de Landa was a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan bishop of Yucatán notorious for his role in the destruction of Maya texts and cultural heritage during the colonial period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Diego de Landa canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6561165 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Diego de Landa Context triple: [Maya codices, religiousOppositionBy, Diego de Landa]
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Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and pioneering ethnographer of New Spain, best known for his extensive documentation of Aztec culture, language, and history.
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B.
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo was a 16th-century Spanish missionary and Archbishop of Lima renowned for his evangelization of indigenous peoples in Peru and later canonization as a Catholic saint.
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C.
Andrés de Bobadilla
Andrés de Bobadilla was a Spanish colonial official who served as governor of Cuba in the early 16th century.
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D.
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler best known for his detailed firsthand account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire in his work "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain."
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E.
Juan García Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel was a Mexican bandleader, composer, and arranger renowned as a pioneer of space age pop and for his innovative, stereophonic lounge music of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Diego de Landa Target entity description: Diego de Landa was a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan bishop of Yucatán notorious for his role in the destruction of Maya texts and cultural heritage during the colonial period.
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A.
Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and pioneering ethnographer of New Spain, best known for his extensive documentation of Aztec culture, language, and history.
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B.
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo
Toribio Alfonso de Mogrovejo was a 16th-century Spanish missionary and Archbishop of Lima renowned for his evangelization of indigenous peoples in Peru and later canonization as a Catholic saint.
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C.
Andrés de Bobadilla
Andrés de Bobadilla was a Spanish colonial official who served as governor of Cuba in the early 16th century.
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D.
Bernal Díaz del Castillo
Bernal Díaz del Castillo was a Spanish conquistador and chronicler best known for his detailed firsthand account of the conquest of the Aztec Empire in his work "The True History of the Conquest of New Spain."
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E.
Juan García Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel was a Mexican bandleader, composer, and arranger renowned as a pioneer of space age pop and for his innovative, stereophonic lounge music of the mid-20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Catholic bishop
ⓘ
Franciscan friar ⓘ Spanish colonial official ⓘ human ⓘ |
| allegiance |
Catholic Church
NERFINISHED
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Spanish Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1524 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cifuentes, Guadalajara, Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centuryOfActivity | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Crown of Castile ⓘ |
| date | auto-da-fé of Maní: 1562 ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1579 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Mérida, Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyed |
Maya codices in Maní
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Maya cult images in Maní ⓘ |
| endTime | as Bishop of Yucatán: 1579 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Spanish ⓘ |
| event | auto-da-fé of Maní NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | de Landa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Diego de Landa Calderón NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
ethnographic writing
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historical chronicle ⓘ |
| givenName | Diego NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRoleIn | Christianization of Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
decipherment of Maya script
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modern study of Maya civilization ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | Spanish ⓘ |
| memberOf | Order of Friars Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| motiveAttributed |
eradication of Maya idolatry
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imposition of Catholic orthodoxy ⓘ |
| notableFor |
account of Maya culture
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description of Maya script ⓘ destruction of Maya codices ⓘ destruction of Maya religious images ⓘ |
| notableWork | Relación de las cosas de Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
bishop
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missionary ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Mérida, Yucatán
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Yucatán Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Bishop of Yucatán ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
ⓘ
surface form:
Catholicism
|
| startTime | as Bishop of Yucatán: 1573 ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical controversy over cultural destruction ⓘ |
| wroteAbout |
Maya calendar
NERFINISHED
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Maya religion ⓘ Maya writing system ⓘ Spanish conquest of Yucatán NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Diego de Landa Description of subject: Diego de Landa was a 16th-century Spanish Franciscan bishop of Yucatán notorious for his role in the destruction of Maya texts and cultural heritage during the colonial period.
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