The Black Legend and its Negative Impact on the Image of Spain

Spanish black legend William Orange said, "Spain has committed such a terrible excitement act, all former barbarous acts, cruel acts and tyranny are all done compared to the poor Indians It was. " An example of an attempt to crush Spanish. Such an attempt is called a black legend. The legend of black is the name of a cruel and brutal concept that Spaniards have spread through the 14th and 15th centuries. This legend demonizes Spain, especially the Spanish Empire, trying to hurt their reputation.

The legend of 23 blacks continues until the present age, and Spain is often called "a country alienated from the times of the present age". In fact, the term "black legend" was not created until the 20th century, after that the scholarship traced the phenomenon of centuries. Editor Lu Ann Homza's comment, Spanish Inquisition 1478-1614: Source selection (Indianapolis: Hackett, 2006), ix. Despite the black legend's longevity, I agree with Jason Eldred's explanation of the historical understanding of this phenomenon. Eldred believes that the legend of the black is always caused by competition and conflict, but the early Spanish views in modern Britain do not match. Jason El Dread, 'British Spain in British imagination', 1563-1662, (Dr., University of Virginia, 2011). Regarding the traditional conflict and conflict between the early modern Spain and the UK, J. H. Please refer to.

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Reform and Catholic One of the most valuable ideological weapons of war against Spain is the "Black Legend", a systematic destruction of Spain and its people, culture and religion. British and Dutch protestants mainly made Bartolome de Las Casas eat the work and expressed the Spaniard as backwards, dishonest, fanatical, cruel and lazy. Dutch, English and German versions of Las Casas 'Introduction to Indian Destruction' started in 1578 in various parts of Europe, including titles such as 'Spanish Atrocities and Tyranny'. Editing, illustrations, published versions of Las Casas' books and other related topics (including descriptions of Spanish brutal and horrible printmaking)

The most important of these is Historia de las Indias, three volumes of Bartolome de Las Casas. The book was restrained in Spain as it recorded the strict treatment of indigenous peoples in Spain. His explanation of Spanish Indian abuse laid the foundation of the "Black Legend". His work depicts the role of the Spaniards as repression, savage, intolerance, intellectual and artistic retreat. Whatever the Spanish motive, the conquest of the Americas has destroyed the local culture and produced African slavery for centuries.