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The business of conquest : empire, love, and law in the Atlantic world / Nicole D. Legnani.

The Spanish conquest has long been a source of polemic, ever since the early sixteenth century when Spanish jurists began theorizing the legal merits behind native dispossession in the Americas. But in The Business of Conquest: Empire, Love, and Law in the Atlantic World, Nicole D. Legnani demonstra...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Legnani, Nicole Delia, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame Press, 2020.
Subjects:
Spain > Foreign relations > 16th century.
Spain > Colonies > Administration > 16th century.
Spain > Religious life and customs > 16th century.
Colonies > Administration.
Diplomatic relations.
Spanish colonies.
Spain.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: setting sail with Felipce Guaman Poma de Ayala (1550-1616) - On the same boat: Iberian ventures in Christian conquest - Contracting love interests - Telling islands in the Claribalte and the Historia de las Indias - The spector of Las Casas in the political theology of Jose de Acosta - The bidding of empire : the Curacas negotiate dominion with Philip II - Epilogue: (no) exit: the maroons of Empire.

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