Fundación - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:26:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Fundación - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 On founding a university in Quito https://historylab.es/on-founding-a-university-in-quito/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-founding-a-university-in-quito Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:32:58 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/sobre-fundar-universidad-en-quito/ Letter from Antonio de Morga, president of the audience of Quito, to H.M. on the advisability of founding a university in Quito

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]]> The presence of the Hispanic Monarchy in America resulted in the dissemination of the identity of the conquerors, their language, developing an intense process of evangelisation, hispanisation and acculturation. In this context, the first universities were created in the mid-16th century, such as those of Mexico (1551) and Lima (1555). The process continued throughout the following decades with other foundations in other places, such as Quito.

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