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Rereading the Black Legend
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Rereading the Black Legend

Margaret Rich Greer, Walter Mignolo, Quilligan, Maureen
2007
CivilizationHistoryForeign public opinionSpanish National characteristicsImperialismBlack Legend (Spanish history)National characteristics, spanishSpain, civilizationPublic opinion, spain

The phrase 'the Black Legend' was coined in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as backward ignorant, superstitious and fanatically religious. This book challenges this by contextualizing Spain's tarnished reputation exposing how other nations benefitted from propagating this image.

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