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Indigenous Conquistadors – Status, Rights, and Remuneration

Julia Bühner, Goethe University Frankfurt/Main Abstract: The late medieval conquest of the Canary Islands can be understood as an encounter of normative conceptions. Whereas the indigenous conquistadors, their status, rights and especially their remuneration, equaled that of their French, Castilian or Portuguese counterparts, their different conceptions of property and the transfer of property rights sparked … Indigenous Conquistadors – Status, Rights, and Remuneration weiterlesen

New Histories of International Law. The Conquest of the Canary Islands (1402–1496)

The doctoral thesis concentrates on international legal aspects in the context of the conquest of the Canary Islands (1402-1496). By including indigenous perspectives and focusing on international legal practices, the interdisciplinary project seeks to add a new chapter to the history of international law.