Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda was a 16th-century Spanish humanist and theologian known for defending the conquest and subjugation of Indigenous peoples in the Americas, most famously in opposition to Bartolomé de las Casas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest
Latin writer
Renaissance scholar
Spanish humanist
human being
philosopher
theologian
arguedThat indigenous peoples of the Americas
surface form: Indigenous peoples of the Americas could be considered natural slaves

Spanish wars in the Americas could be just wars
birthPlace Crown of Castile
Córdoba
Pozoblanco
birthYear 1490
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile
deathPlace Pozoblanco
deathYear 1573
doctrineSupported just war theory applied to conquest of the Indies
natural slavery theory
educatedAt University of Alcalá
University of Bologna
era 16th century
fieldOfWork classical philology
moral theology
political philosophy
influencedBy Aristotle
St. Thomas Aquinas
surface form: Thomas Aquinas

scholasticism
knownFor controversy with Bartolomé de las Casas
defending the Spanish conquest of the Americas
defending the subjugation of Indigenous peoples in the Americas
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
Spanish
movement Renaissance humanism
name Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda self-link
nationality Spanish
notableWork De rebus gestis Caroli Quinti
Democrates alter, sive de justis belli causis apud Indos
Democrates Secundus
surface form: Democrates secundus
occupation court chronicler
historian
philosopher
theologian
translator
opposedBy Bartolomé de las Casas
participantIn Valladolid debate
placeOfActivity Rome
Spain
positionHeld chronicler to Charles V
royal chaplain
religion Roman Catholicism
translated works of Aristotle into Latin
yearOfEvent Valladolid debate
surface form: 1550–1551 Valladolid debate

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Bartolomé de las Casas opponentInDebate Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
Democrates Secundus by Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda author Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
subject surface form: Democrates Secundus
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda name Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda self-link