Papal donation
"Papal donation" refers to two sets of
papal bulls by which Pope Nicholas V, in 1454, and Pope Alexander VI, in 1493, purported to give the Catholic monarchs of Portugal and Spain, respectively, the prerogative to explore the Americas.[1][2] Alexander's bull, proclaimed on 4 May 1493,[3] was titled Inter caetera and addressed to Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, and later Catholic monarchs of Spain.[4] England and France opposed the papal donation.[5] Jurists including Francisco de Vitoria and Francisco Suárez argued that the pope did not have power to award territory to sovereigns.[6][7]
Citations
- ^ McAlister 1984, pp. 74–75.
- ^ Pagden 2015, p. 165.
- ^ Hoffman 1973, p. 153.
- ^ Padrón 2004, p. 112.
- ^ Hart 2001, p. 20.
- OCLC 102975.
- OCLC 51991602.
Works cited
- Hart, Jonathan Locke (2001). Representing the New World: The English and French Uses of the Example of Spain. OCLC 46907727.
- Hoffman, Paul E. (October 1973). "Diplomacy and the Papal Donation 1493–1585". S2CID 147148012.
- McAlister, Lyle N. (1984). Spain and Portugal in the New World, 1492–1700. ISBN 978-0-8166-1216-1.
- Padrón, Ricardo (2004). The Spacious Word: Cartography, Literature, and Empire in Early Modern Spain. OCLC 52721026.
- ISBN 978-0-511-97920-0.
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