Guatemala - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:31:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Guatemala - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 The mints of the Indies https://historylab.es/the-mints-of-the-indies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mints-of-the-indies Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/las-casas-de-moneda-de-indias/ Short video explaining the birth of the Mint in the American dominions

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]]> This short video explains the birth of the mints in the American dominions. The regions of Mexico and Santo Domingo, and later Lima and Potosí, are particularly highlighted. The first Bourbons imposed quality measures which prompted the opening of new mints in Guatemala, Popayán and Santiago de Chile. Silver from the colonies arrived in Spain where it was minted, above all, in the form of reales de a ocho, a coin also known as the peso and later as the duro. The type of coins was also varied, with special emphasis on the symbolism in the form of the Pillars of Hercules and the motto of Emperor Charles: PLVS VLTRA.

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]]> Fray Bartolomé de las Casas https://historylab.es/fray-bartolome-de-las-casas/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fray-bartolome-de-las-casas Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:06 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/fray-bartolome-de-las-casas/ Podcast dedicated to Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, radio broadcast of the programme "Rosa de los Vientos" narrated by Juan Antonio Cebrían

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]]> In the repository Pasajes de la Historia we can find a compilation of all the podcasts of the Pasajes de la Historia section of the programme la Rosa de los Vientos (Onda Cero) narrated by Juan Antonio Cebrián, where you can listen to brief descriptions and discussions on historical topics of different kinds. In this case, he talks about the outstanding role played by the Dominican friar Fray Bartolomé de las Casas as an indoctrinator of the indigenous peoples. Biographical data and key moments in his life are also provided, not without accompanying the narration with historical notes on the conquest of the New World.

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