@fortunayjacinta Spain was never systematically committed to either slave exploitation, social exclusion, or the deliberate annihilation of entire peoples for racial reasons. Here are 16 points to keep in mind in case someone can translate into English.
@fortunayjacinta 1º Isabel la Católica prohibited enslaving the vanquished, and this supposed such a conceptual revolution that was incomprehensible to many people of the time. The Laws of Burgos (1512) establish the legal nature of the Indian as a free man with all property rights.
@fortunayjacinta 2º The Indian could not be exploited and could work in exchange for a fair salary; working hours are established, minors under fourteen are exempt from work, the social situation of the Indian chiefs and their descendants is respected, physical punishment is prohibited, etc.
@fortunayjacinta 3º The right of conquest was based on three sources: Roman, medieval and Pontifical law. At the time of the conquest, Spain fulfilled all three
However, Carlos I stops the conquest to determine whether or not it is legitimate from the moral point of view.
However, Carlos I stops the conquest to determine whether or not it is legitimate from the moral point of view.
@fortunayjacinta 4º In the Valladolid Controversy these 3 rights are questioned
That is the origin of the figure of the "protector of Indians" and the modern law of nations
Never before had victorious people asked themselves where their own rights began and where those of the vanquished began
That is the origin of the figure of the "protector of Indians" and the modern law of nations
Never before had victorious people asked themselves where their own rights began and where those of the vanquished began
@fortunayjacinta 5º For the first time in History, political power submits to moral philosophy
And it is the jurists and theologians of the School of Salamanca who carry out this work, prefiguring international law and Human Rights
And it is the jurists and theologians of the School of Salamanca who carry out this work, prefiguring international law and Human Rights
@fortunayjacinta 6° Spanish theologians and jurists of the 16th century considered that indigenous societies were not amorphous (as suggested by political Augustinism), but rather societies whose formation implied the development of technical, legal, artistic and political rationality.
