Mitos - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:32:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Mitos - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico https://historylab.es/hernan-cortes-and-the-conquest-of-mexico/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hernan-cortes-and-the-conquest-of-mexico Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/hernan-cortes-y-la-conquista-de-mexico/ Explanatory video on the figure of Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico

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]]> A 7-minute video in which the figure of Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico are briefly analysed. It is essential to revisit the events that ancient chronicles have left us. What happened between 1519 and the fall of the Mexica Empire constitutes the first Hispanic continental advance in the New World. These events have lent themselves to various mythologies that present the Spaniards as a sort of supermen in shining armour, but also as a predatory band that wiped out an arcadian world. Iván Vélez, with great acuity and critical sense, analyses the complex warlike, juridical, economic and religious aspects that accompanied the conquest, but also the political order that succeeded it. A raw, exciting and extraordinary story about one of the greatest adventures the world has ever seen.

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]]> Against the Black Legend in America https://historylab.es/against-the-black-legend-in-america/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=against-the-black-legend-in-america Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:06 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/contra-la-leyenda-negra-en-america/ Video debate on the Black Legend

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]]> 30-minute video on the Black Legend of the Empire. The 12th of October, the day Christopher Columbus set foot in the New World, is Spain’s National Day. It is the official national day. However, it is not merely a regional celebration, but a remembrance of the encounter between two different worlds, which is why it is a Universal day. It is not only a day of celebration in Spain, but also in America. From 12 October 1492 onwards, the social and political configuration of the world was transformed forever. Nowadays, there is fierce ideological opposition expressed mainly with the resounding sentence “nothing to celebrate” in reference to 12 October. Eduardo Galeano is frequently quoted to give a literary patina to the black-legendary ideological message. It is also common to come across the term “genocide” to describe Spain’s relationship with America. The spread of this perspective is so widespread and so vehemently stated that it seems to have become a majority opinion. But is this perception accurate, does it correspond to the Spanish imperial reality, was there plundering and destruction of the indigenous people, was there miscegenation and a civilising action worthy of celebration?

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