Spanish Requirement of 1513
The Spanish Requirement of 1513 (Requerimiento) was a declaration by the Spanish monarchy of Castile's divinely ordained right to take possession of the territories of the New World and to subjugate, exploit and, when necessary, to fight the native inhabitants.
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legal document challenged by his advocacy
Alonso de Veracruz criticized the legal and moral foundations of the Spanish conquest, including the use of documents like the Requerimiento to justify subjugation.