385. The Fall of the Aztecs: The Woman Who Changed The World (Part 2)
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The Legal Requirement and Perception of Conquests
Since the mid-1510s, it has been a legal requirement for Spanish captains in the New World to read a legal document to subjugate new peoples and make them Christians./nThis requirement was viewed as unjust, impious, scandalous, irrational, and absurd by Las Casas./nThe real target of the requirement was other Christians in Europe, showcasing the Spanish legalistic mindset./nThe conquistadors saw their campaigns as great adventures, while critics now consider them as involving terrible war crimes.
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