Other 1492: Ferdinand, Isabella, and the Making of an Empire

The Shock of the New (1x11)

Ημερομηνία προβολής: Μαρ 20, 2002

The Spanish treatment of the New World's inhabitants was riddled with contradictions, a result of Castile's fundamental failure to comprehend them. The eventual conclusion that they were human beings capable of salvation mitigated the brutality of the conquest. To their credit, the Spanish people were open to mixing and blending with the people of the Americas to build a new society and culture.