Rereading the Black Legend

Name: Rereading the Black Legend
Author: Margaret Rich Greer, Walter Mignolo, Quilligan, Maureen

by Margaret Rich Greer, Walter Mignolo, Quilligan, Maureen

The phrase 'the Black Legend' was coined in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as backward ignorant, superstitious and fanatically religious. This book challenges this by contextualizing Spain's tarnished reputation exposing how other nations benefitted from propagating this image.

CivilizationHistoryForeign public opinionSpanish National characteristicsImperialismBlack Legend (Spanish history)National characteristics, spanishSpain, civilizationPublic opinion, spain