"THE SPANISH-AMERICAN MONARCHY”. A DOCUMENT WRITTEN BY PROFESSOR NÉSTOR MEZA VILLALOBOS

Authors

  • Cristián Guerrero Lira Universidad de Chile

Abstract

The transcribed document corresponds to the text of a lecture given by Professor Néstor Meza Villalobos in 1981 in which he presented his main ideas about the initial efforts of the Dominican priests and the Spanish crown to shape the situation of the American Indian within of the frameworks of natural law.

Keywords:

conquista, derecho natural, encomienda, servicio personal, Bartolomé de las Casas

Author Biography

Cristián Guerrero Lira, Universidad de Chile

Doctor en Historia, profesor del Departamento de Ciencias Históricas de la Universidad de Chile.