Early Modern Europe
A Bedridden Monk Argued Away Spain's Right to Conquer
Lecturing from his sickbed, an orphaned monk nearly toppled the Spanish Empire's legal justification for conquering the world.
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Download on the App StoreEarly Modern EuropeSpain16th CenturyEducationTheologyIntellectual HistoryFrancisco de VitoriaDominican OrderUniversity of SalamancaReligious Philosophy
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