Valladolid debate

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The Valladolid debate was a 16th-century theological and moral controversy in Spain over the legitimacy of Spanish conquest and the rights and treatment of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.

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Valladolid debate canonical 7
1550–1551 Valladolid debate 1

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instanceOf historical event ⓘ
moral debate ⓘ
theological debate ⓘ
argumentSupportedBy Aristotelian philosophy ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ
authority Council of the Indies ⓘ
chronology took place after the New Laws of 1542 ⓘ
concerns encomienda system ⓘ
evangelization of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
legal status of Indigenous peoples ⓘ
moral status of conquest ⓘ
natural rights ⓘ
slavery ⓘ
use of force in conversion ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
describedIn Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Democrates Secundus by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ⓘ
endTime 1551 ⓘ
evaluatedAs one of the first major European debates on colonial ethics ⓘ
followedBy continuing legal and theological discussions on Indigenous rights ⓘ
hasEffect development of early human rights discourse ⓘ
influence on Spanish colonial policy ⓘ
influence on later debates about colonialism ⓘ
hasParticipant Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ⓘ
hasProponent Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ⓘ
historicalPeriod 16th century ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
location College of San Gregorio ⓘ
Valladolid ⓘ
mainSubject legitimacy of Spanish conquest in the Americas ⓘ
rights of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ
treatment of Indigenous peoples in the Americas ⓘ
notableFor early articulation of Indigenous rights in European thought ⓘ
questioning the moral legitimacy of empire ⓘ
opposingPosition defense of Indigenous rights ⓘ
doctrine of just war ⓘ
doctrine of natural slavery ⓘ
justification of Spanish conquest ⓘ
organizer Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor ⓘ
partOf Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
history of human rights ⓘ
history of international law ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
startTime 1550 ⓘ

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Sublimis Deus → relatedTo → Valladolid debate ⓘ
Bartolomé de las Casas → participatedIn → Valladolid debate ⓘ
Laws of Burgos → relatedTo → Valladolid debate ⓘ
Apología → associatedWith → Valladolid debate ⓘ
Democrates Secundus → relatedEvent → Valladolid debate ⓘ
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda → participantIn → Valladolid debate ⓘ
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda → yearOfEvent → 1550–1551 Valladolid debate ⓘ
linked to: Valladolid debate