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The Reformation · lectures 1539
On the American Indians
De Indis
Francisco de Vitoria · c. 1483–1546
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What it is
A dismantling of every justification offered for the conquest — discovery, papal grant, sin, unbelief — concluding that the Indians were true owners of their lands.
Why it lasted
The founding text of international law and of the doctrine of human rights held in virtue of humanity rather than of faith.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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