Key term for OCR GCSE History B, used in The birth of New Spain.
The holder of an encomienda grant, legally responsible for the welfare and Christianisation of the indigenous people entrusted to them.
Encomendero appears in OCR GCSE History B revision content for Aztecs and the Spanish Conquest (1519–1535), especially The birth of New Spain and Nature and impact of Spanish rule.
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