Apart from that, anyone who was against them treated them with brutality and even killing them. The moment they discover the importance of having power and the benefits that capabilities bring and even how they exploited the natives without much struggle, that was the moment they started to act “like ravening wild beasts, wolves, tigers, or lions that had been starved for many days.” Spaniards soldiers began to rape, murder, abuse, and even torture the natives who said to be “most devoid of wickedness and duplicity.” They took other measures of forcing them to slavery and even turning to their religion and become Christian.
That was the beginning of different propaganda and views that talk about the actions and events that occurred in the new world.Īt first, when the Spanish started their conquest, it was clear that their intention was pure and good. The first expedition about the Black Legend began in 1942 by Christopher Columbus, who was the main person behind this notion. They were the ones who took the leading role in conquering and obtain new territories and even more slaves. “Aristocratic obsessions and fanatical dogma” were the monarchies in Spain. During the time of the expedition, Spain dominated in Europe for two centuries, and they had obtained a lot of power and glory which could enable them to expand and get more territories in every part of the world as they were well equipped with enough resources ( Beller & Leerssen, 2007 n,p ). Accordingly, Spanish is being viewed as merciless oppressors by the native. One of the positively contributing women’s’ works is titled “ La Leyenda Negra y la Verdad Histórica of 1914” by Julián Juderías. Roles and contributions of women in the reconstruction of the black legend The conversation of people into Christianity by the Spanish government was considered unpleasant since they decided to convert all the people into Christianity so that they can be able to control all the people since they believe most of the time religion is the largely contributes to war.
The opposition of this paper is articulating the role of women and what they do during the period of the black legend. Secondly, women art has contributed to the demonstration of inhuman acts and their roles as an activist. First, this has considerably contributed to the study because the clarity of the existing religion war has been proven not only through books but art. The assertion is that women have played a critical role in the demonstration of the adverse effects of the Spanish black legend stories through art. The forceful conversion of Moriscos descendants into Christianity was not of much concern to the European powers. The accusations against the Spanish government and its people were considered less intensive or unpleasant due to the conversion of many people into Christianity in the 17 th. The opposition of this paper will articulate the role of women as seen through their artworks in the reconstruction process of the black legend in the 16 th. Now it is revised, becoming less ominous.” However, there are different suggestions and opinions from most of the historians who speak about the actions or events which occurred over six centuries ago could be true or it could be false “ we can learn only by keeping an open mind and not falling victim to half-truths or prejudices developed over time” furthermore they went ahead and said that “The validity of the historical truth can only be determined by examining disparate perspectives.” One of the Spanish government officials spoke about the struggle which Spain as a nation encounter was not easy at all, “The past used to be oppressive, a heavy burden. Spanish history was not presentable, and they had to do anything necessary to start and rewriting their brutal past, which was not appealing at all. Spanish behavior towards the people of the new world was so harsh and ruthless since the early centuries. From the book ” La Leyenda Negra y la Verdad Histórica of 1914” by Julián Juderías, she was the one who begun using that term, and it was clear that the word originated from her. It is a negative term that resembles the anti-Spanish view, which condemns Expansion and imperialism. From the fifteenth century, this term has been commonly used in Spain at large. The black legend is also called the La Leyenda Negra.
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