Presenter: Zoë McKeehan – History
Faculty Mentor(s): Dr. Brendan O’Kelly
Session: (In-Person) Poster Presentation
The impact of colonialism was felt across all of South America; an intriguing case study is the Spanish conquest of the Incan people. Since Incan religion heavily influenced their political structure, the Incas were always ruled by a monarchy with divine right (Sapa Inca/King of Spain). They were allowed, to a certain extent, to maintain their own religious beliefs and gods while being converted to a different religion. For these reasons, it can be argued that there were effectively no major changes made to the Incan religion before or after the Spanish conquest.