Examines the origins and development of "The Black Legend" in England--the denigration of the Spanish people in literature and public discourse that began in th

The phrase “The Black Legend” was coined in 1912 by a Spanish journalist in protest of the characterization of Spain by other Europeans as a backward countr

Reveals the dependence of American ethnic identity on Spain and Spanish imperialism.

This work is an exploration of 'the Black Legend', the popular myth that colonial Spain and her military religious agents were brutal and unrelenting in their c