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Facsimile edition of 1991 by the publisher Testimonio of the “Laws of Burgos of 1512”, or in its original title “Royal Ordinances for the good regiment and treatment of the Indians”.
Set of ordinances issued in 1512 by King Ferdinand the Catholic, in the name of his daughter Doña Juana I of Castile. Members of the Royal Council and the most prominent experts and jurists of the time participated in its writing. The bases of what De las Casas would call the republic of Indians and the republic of Spaniards were thus established. The 14 pages (22 x 30.5 cm) of this historic document are found in the General Archive of Simancas.
The complementary volume of 104 pages has an introduction by Manuel Ballesteros and a diplomatic study by José Manuel Ruiz Asencio. The presentation is in a gray velvet case (measures 40.5 x 31 x 5 cm and weighs 1,450 gr), secured in the traditional way with cotton ribbon. It is part of the Tabula Americae Collection on the occasion of the Fifth Centennial.
Numbered edition limited to 980 copies authenticated with a notarial certificate.
The Laws of 1512 consist of 35 ordinances, very exhaustive, whose common denominator is the protective and humanizing function of the indigenous, in order to form their own civil status, based on dignity, work and freedom. In them a general conception of the relations between conquerors and conquered in the New World is developed; Therefore they are the first colonial code of modern Europe. Furthermore, they enshrine the encomienda and prescribe an extensive program of forced acculturation of Native Americans.
The so-called Laws of Burgos, in their original name ROYAL ORDINANCES FOR THE GOOD REGIMENT AND TREATMENT OF THE YNDIOS, were approved in the City of Burgos on December 27, 1512 and were sanctioned by King Ferdinand the Catholic, at the time king of Aragon. and regent of Castile.
Complete copy and in perfect condition, new, unused. A PDF file is delivered with the transcription of the original text.
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