Editing Book burning (section)

=== Spanish burning of Aztec and Mayan manuscripts (1560s CE) ===

During the [[Spanish colonization of the Americas]], numerous books written by [[Indigenous peoples of the Americas|indigenous peoples]] were burned by the Spaniards. Several books{{quantify|date=April 2018}} written by the [[Aztecs]] were burnt by Spanish [[conquistador]]s and priests during the [[Spanish conquest of Yucatán]]. Despite opposition from Catholic friar [[Bartolomé de las Casas]], numerous books found by the Spanish in [[Yucatán Peninsula|Yucatán]] were burnt on the order of Bishop [[Diego de Landa]] in 1562.<ref name="outrageous" /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://popular-archaeology.com/article/burning-the-maya-books-the-1562-tragedy-at-mani/ |title=Burning the Maya Books: The 1562 Tragedy at Mani |last=Fery |first=Georges |date=October 23, 2020 |website=Popular Archaeology |access-date=October 16, 2022 |archive-date=17 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221017011911/https://popular-archaeology.com/article/burning-the-maya-books-the-1562-tragedy-at-mani/ |url-status=live }}</ref> De Landa wrote on the incident that "We found a large number of books in these characters and, as they contained nothing in which were not to be seen as superstition and lies of the devil, we burned them all, which they (the [[Maya peoples|Maya]]) regretted to an amazing degree, and which caused them much affliction".<ref name="outrageous" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Stuart |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/277203534 |title=The library : an illustrated history |date=2009 |publisher=[[Skyhorse Publishing]] |others=Nicholas A. Basbanes, American Library Association |isbn=978-1-60239-706-4 |location=New York, New York |page=158 |language=en |oclc=277203534 |access-date=7 June 2022 |archive-date=7 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407140537/https://www.worldcat.org/title/library-an-illustrated-history/oclc/277203534 |url-status=live}}</ref>