Black Legend
Also known as: Spanish Black Legend · Leyenda Negra
- 1Purported anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic propaganda.
- 2Roots traced back to the 16th century.
- 3Used by European rivals to counter Spanish power.
- 4Aims to minimize Spanish discoveries and achievements.
- 5Functions as a historiographical tendency.
The Black Legend or the Spanish Black Legend is a purported historiographical tendency which consists of anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic propaganda.
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The widespread circulation of his accounts of Spanish cruelty contributed to the development of the Black Legend, a historiographical trend emphasizing the brutality of the Spanish Empire.
The Black Legend, or the Spanish Black Legend, refers to a historiographical concept describing a long-standing tradition of anti-Spanish and anti-Catholic propaganda. Proponents of this theory suggest that the phenomenon emerged during the 16th century as a strategic effort by rival European powers to undermine the influence of the Spanish Empire.
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