Title Infidels and empires in a new world order : early modern Spanish contributions to international legal thought / David Lantigua, University of Notre Dame

Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY Cambridge University Press, 2020 ©2020

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 356 pages) : illustrations Series Law and Christianity Law and Christianity. Contents Introduction: International Relations beyond Westphalia -- Theocratic World Order and Religious Wars -- Spanish Dominicans and the 'Affair of the Indies' -- The Politics of Natural Law at Valladolid, 1550- -- From Infidels to Savages : Empires of Commerce and Natural Rights -- The Scholastic Law of Nations, Native Occupation, and Human Solidarity -- Conclusion Summary "The universal 'rights of man' and the international 'system of states' often appear as the crowning achievements of the Western political imagination for modern international relations. The quelling of religious wars across Europe under a stronger policy of toleration and the rise of territorial sovereignty set the tone for a form of international relations breaking free from Latin Christendom and the grip of the papacy. Yet longstanding scholarly attention on political citizenship and national sovereignty within Reformation Europe after the iconic 1648 Peace of Westphalia often disregards the ideological underside of universal natural rights claims in extra-European contexts of imperial conquest and colonial settlement. European assertions of a natural right to punish and subjugate populations deemed unfit to govern themselves and an exclusive right to private property in foreign lands, bolstered by biblical and theological justifications, provided legal armor to early modern and modern expansion in the Americas, Africa, and Asia"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 24, 2020) Subject Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 -- Influence SUBJECT Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 fast Subject International law -- Spain -- History -- 16th century Indigenous peoples (International law) -- History -- 16th century Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History -- 16th century Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc. Indigenous peoples (International law) Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) International law Spain Genre/Form History Form Electronic book LC no. 2019049170 ISBN 9781108633499 1108633498

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