Tomas Lopez Medel and his instructions to defenders of Indians: an innovative proposal
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https://doi.org/10.3989/aeamer.2011.v68.i2.549Keywords:
Tomás López Medel, Defender of the Indians, Interethnic relations, Indian legislationAbstract
Although in recent years both the trajectory and the political thought of Tomás Lopez Medel have attracted the attention of several scholars, his instructions to defenders of Indians has gone unnoticed. However, the innovative proposals developed by the oidor are essential in order to highlight the construction of indigenous advocacy in the second half of the Sixteenth century. Moreover, this article also examines the defender of Indians’ role, as well as the principles that underlay the creation of this office in the Americas.
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