La leyenda negra y la verdad historica, Julian Juderias' 1914 monograph from Madrid, is the work that named the Black Legend, the body of writing depicting Spanish colonial cruelty. Its strength is that it is the primary text that coined and framed the term still used in the historiographical debate today. Its limit is that it is cited here for naming the debate rather than for its own polemical position within it, which was itself a defense of Spain against the Legend rather than neutral historical analysis.
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Reliability tier 2: the primary text that coined and framed a still used historiographical term, cited for that naming role rather than for its own polemical position within the debate. NotesThe work that named the Black Legend, the body of writing about Spanish cruelty in the Indies. Cited for the naming of the debate rather than for its own polemical position within it.
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AuthorJulian Juderias
PublisherTipografia de la Revista de Archivos, Bibliotecas y Museos, Madrid
1914 first edition, 227 pages; a second, expanded (528-page) edition followed from Araluce, Barcelona, in 1917. Publication Year1914
Source TypeMonograph
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This source names Spain directly: "it, which was itself a defense of Spain against the Legend rather than neutral historical analysis."
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- Sources, 8 claims: 7 well-attested, 1 holds.
- Studies, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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