POLC91H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Aragorn, Mulatto, Spain In The Middle Ages
6 Dec 2012
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Spain, the conquest, and colonial rule in latin america. 7/11, muslim conquest of iberia (present day spain and portugal) 1252, all but granada liberated from the moors. Ferdinand (aragorn) and isabella (castile) (features of medieval spain that impacted on latin america. Large land holdings in the hands of the few. Why were they able to conquer such populations so quickly. A resistance to obeying the law, for the upper classes. British contraband trade with chile, argentina, uruguay. Rise and fall of the sugar economy (1650-1800) The economic institutions of the spanish colonial empire. Encominenda: a grant of designated indian families given to spanish soldiers (approx 1550), tribute, labor, 1542: regulation and prohibition. Repartimiento: temporary grant of indian labor for a specific task. Congregacion: the forced creation of new indian communities for control and religious conversion and teaching. Hacienda: large land holdings producing agricultural products for european markets, debt peonage: retention of indian labor. Regulars (members of religious order) jesuits.
