FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Papal Bull
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Papal Merits
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Papal Announcements
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Papal Rules
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Detailed explanation-1: -A papal bull is a type of public decree, letters patent, or charter issued by a pope of the Catholic Church.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pope Alexander VI issues a papal bull or decree, “Inter Caetera, ” in which he authorizes Spain and Portugal to colonize the Americas and its Native peoples as subjects. The decree asserts the rights of Spain and Portugal to colonize, convert, and enslave. It also justifies the enslavement of Africans.
Detailed explanation-3: -The name is derived from the lead seal (bulla) traditionally affixed to such documents. Since the 12th century it has designated a letter from the pope carrying a bulla that shows the heads of the apostles Peter and Paul on one side and the pope’s signature on the other.
Detailed explanation-4: -So what is the Doctrine of Discovery? It is a legal concept-based on 15th-century papal bulls, or official declarations-that gave the church’s blessing to European explorers “discovering” and exploiting land in the New World and Africa that was already inhabited by non-Christians.