Inter caetera

E140802

document papal bull

Inter caetera was a 1493 papal bull that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between Spain and Portugal, profoundly shaping the colonial era.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Inter caetera canonical	2
Inter cætera	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	document ⓘ papal bull ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Inter caetera ⓘ surface form: Inter cætera
appliesTo	Portugal ⓘ Spain ⓘ
author	Pope Alexander VI ⓘ
calledFor	evangelization of indigenous peoples ⓘ
countryOfIssue	Papal States ⓘ
dateOfIssue	1493-05-04 ⓘ
dateOfText	1493-05-03 ⓘ
excluded	lands already under Christian rule ⓘ
followedBy	Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
geographicalScope	non-European lands newly discovered or to be discovered ⓘ
grantedRightsOver	lands west of a specified meridian in the Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
grantedRightsTo	Catholic Monarchs ⓘ surface form: Catholic Monarchs of Spain
hasConsequences	expansion of Spanish Empire in the Americas ⓘ impact on indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ limitation of Portuguese expansion westward ⓘ papal endorsement of European colonialism ⓘ
hasEffect	division of spheres of influence between Castile and Portugal ⓘ influence on later colonial treaties ⓘ justification of Spanish claims in the Americas ⓘ
hasType	diplomatic document ⓘ religious decree ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundational text for the Doctrine of Discovery ⓘ key document in the history of European colonial expansion ⓘ
influenced	Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
issuedBy	Papacy ⓘ
jurisdiction	Catholic world as conceived by the papacy in 1493 ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
legalDoctrine	papal donation ⓘ
legalStatus	papal decree ⓘ
mainSubject	Spanish and Portuguese colonial claims ⓘ division of newly discovered lands outside Europe ⓘ
motivatedBy	competition between Castile and Portugal ⓘ desire to spread Christianity ⓘ
partOf	papal bulls of Pope Alexander VI ⓘ
placeOfIssue	Rome ⓘ
relatedTo	Doctrine of Discovery ⓘ Dum Diversas ⓘ Romanus Pontifex ⓘ Treaty of Tordesillas ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholicism
theologicalBasis	universal authority of the pope ⓘ
timePeriod	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery early modern period ⓘ
yearOfIssue	1493 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Alexander VI → notableWork → Inter caetera ⓘ

Pope Alexander VI → issuedDocument → Inter caetera ⓘ

Inter caetera → alsoKnownAs → Inter caetera ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inter cætera