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Rereading the Black Legend: The Discourses of Religious and Racial Difference in the Renaissance Empires

By Margaret R. Greer , Walter D. Mignolo , Maureen Quilligan

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
0226307212, 9780226307213, 0226307220, 9780226307220
ASIN
B001VEJGRM
LCC
DP48 .R44 2007
Open Library ID
OL10191956M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2963870 bytes)
Pages
448\487
Topic
Religion
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The phrase “The Black Legend” was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward country defined by ignorance, superstition, and religious fanaticism, whose history could never recover from the black mark of its violent conquest of the Americas. Challenging this stereotype, Rereading the Black Legend contextualizes Spain’s uniquely tarnished reputation by exposing the colonial efforts of other nations whose interests were served by propagating the “Black Legend.”A distinguished group of contributors here examine early modern imperialisms including the Ottomans in Eastern Europe, the Portuguese in East India, and the cases of Mughal India and China, to historicize the charge of unique Spanish brutality in encounters with indigenous peoples during the Age of Exploration. The geographic reach and linguistic breadth of this ambitious collection will make it a valuable resource for any discussion of race, national identity, and religious belief in the European Renaissance. (20070620)

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