Therefore the indians cannot be induced by war to believe, but rather to feign belief and reception of. The dominican theo logian and father of the socalled school of salamanca and spanish. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get. On january 1578, he was appointed during the papacy of pope gregory xiii as bishop of cordoba. He provided an updated, if uneasy, justification for spains conquests in the new world. The exact date of his birth is uncertain, but scholars generally place it between 1480 and 1486, with. Torrubiano ripoll, jaime, 1879publication date 1917 topics. Vitoria s political works are thus of great importance for an. Available formats pdf please select a format to send. P professor of political science, providence college. Our philosophy focuses on achieving a comprehensive education for our students, and this goal encourages the work of all our faculty and staff.
An important contributor to catholic just war theory, vitoria is also regarded as a. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. According to this philosophy and based on our motto. We are an international university by both origin and mission. Not only did he write important essays on civil and ecclesiastical power, but he became celebrated for his defence of the new world indians against the imperialism of his own master, the king of spain.
An important contributor to catholic just war theory, vitoria is also regarded as a founder of international law who drew upon the. Use of vitoria by grotius as found in his early works 16041618 and working papers. Ademas, las instituciones humanas deben imitar a las naturales. Further, war is no argument for the truth of the christian faith. Studies in the history of law and justice volume 10 series editors georges martyn university of ghent, gent, belgium mortimer sellers university of baltimore. Francisco vitoria was the earliest and arguably the most important of the thomist political philosophers of the counterreformation. Pdf this book is based on an international project conducted by the institute for european studies of the university ceu san pablo in madrid.
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