De Indis
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De Indis is a foundational 16th-century treatise from the School of Salamanca that examines the legal and moral status of the Spanish conquest and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| De Indis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6953067 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Indis Context triple: [School of Salamanca, notableWork, De Indis]
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Indi
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Hindiyah
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Orya
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Padma
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Bharati
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: De Indis Target entity description: De Indis is a foundational 16th-century treatise from the School of Salamanca that examines the legal and moral status of the Spanish conquest and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.
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A.
Indi
Indi is an Australian federal electoral division in the state of Victoria, encompassing a largely rural and regional area in the state's northeast.
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B.
Hindiyah
Hindiyah is a town in Iraq, located in the Babil Governorate, known as the birthplace of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
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C.
Orya
Orya is the ISO 15924 script code representing the Odia script used for writing the Odia language of eastern India.
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D.
Padma
Padma is a practical, earthy woman in Salman Rushdie’s novel "Midnight’s Children" who serves as Saleem Sinai’s lover and skeptical yet grounding listener to his fantastical life story.
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E.
Bharati
Bharati is an epithet of the Hindu goddess Saraswati, highlighting her role as the divine embodiment of eloquence, learning, and the arts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
16th-century work
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scholarly treatise ⓘ work of legal philosophy ⓘ work of moral theology ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
canon law
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philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| addresses |
conditions for just war against Indigenous peoples
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legal status of the Spanish conquest ⓘ legitimacy of Spanish titles to American lands ⓘ limits of papal authority over non-Christians ⓘ moral legitimacy of Spanish rule over Indigenous peoples ⓘ natural rights of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| associatedWith | School of Salamanca ⓘ |
| author | Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ |
| authorFrom | School of Salamanca ⓘ |
| century | 16th century ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| dateWritten | 1530s ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
international law
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moral theology ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ |
| genre | scholastic disputation ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ |
| influenced |
early modern international law
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later theories of human rights ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Scholastic philosophy
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linked to:
Scholasticism
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to:
St. Thomas Aquinas
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| keyConcept |
dominium (ownership and lordship)
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ius gentium ⓘ just titles to conquest ⓘ natural law ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
Spanish conquest of the Americas
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linked to:
Spanish colonization of the Americas
colonialism ⓘ just war theory ⓘ law of nations ⓘ rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Scholasticism ⓘ |
| positionOnConquest | questions automatic legitimacy of conquest ⓘ |
| positionOnEvangelization | rejects forced conversion ⓘ |
| positionOnIndigenousPeoples | affirms rationality and natural rights of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| positionOnSlavery | criticizes unjust enslavement of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| positionOnSovereignty | recognizes political communities of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| regionDiscussed |
Americas
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Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | Relectio de iure belli ⓘ |
| timePeriod | Early Modern period ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: De Indis Description of subject: De Indis is a foundational 16th-century treatise from the School of Salamanca that examines the legal and moral status of the Spanish conquest and the rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.
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