ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Catholic Monarchs
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Required to be read by every chief of an expedition to the indians at the moment of disembarking. I, ______ _______, servant of the high and mighty kings of castile and le n, the conquerors of the barbarian peoples, being their messenger and captain, notify and inform you: That god, our lord, one and eternal, created the heaven and earth, and a man and woman, from whom you and we all the people who shall come after us [are descended]. This st. peter was obeyed and held as lord, king and superior of the. Universe by those who since then have been chosen to the pontificate [i. e. chosen to be the pope], and so it has continued until today, and will continue until the world shall end. All, of their free and accepting will, without reward or any conditions, turned.
