Black Legend
The Black Legend (in {{ll|Spanish}}, leyenda negra) is the excessive depiction of Spain and the Spaniards as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical. The term was coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La leyenda negra y la verdad histórica (The black legend and the historical truth). This is contrasted with the White Legend (in Spanish, leyenda rosa, which means rosy legend) which promoted an idealized view of Spaniards. Each term tends to satisfy a certain prejudice.
External links
- The Shadow of the Black Legend in John Smith's Generall Historie of Virginia, by Eric Griffin
- Myth and Reality: The Legacy of Spain in America by Jesus J. Chao
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