POLC71H3 Midterm: POLB 71 Midterm Notes.docx
Document Summary
Encomienda: the system of granting indians to spanish settlers for forced labor. Requerimiento: declaration informing the indians that they had to accept the authority of the pope or the spanish would wage war against them. Thomism: the philosophy of st. thomas aquinas, which synthesized christian doctrine and the teachings of aristotle. Positive law: the conventions of a specific society. Divine law: the principles of conduct that are revealed through scripture or faith. Natural law: the principles of conduct that are accessible to all men based on reason. Proponent of thomism (the natural law theories of thomas aquinas) Political consultant (asked by the holy roman emperor charles v about the treatment of the indigenous inhabitants of the indies) The debate over the conquest of the americas. Conquistadores: domination is necessary to christianize the natives. Forced labor does not teach the natives to love the christian religion. Moreover, conquest is a violation of both christianity and natural law.
