Exactly 532 years ago, the Catholic Monarchs, mainly Queen Isabella I of Castile, decided to finance the first expedition led by Columbus in order to find a new route that connected with Asia to the west. Finally, On October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus set foot on dry land on Guanahani Island.located in the Bahamas. Without being aware of it, this navigator who was almost forty years old had docked in a continent still unknown to the East. Columbus had discovered the Americas. Since then, many people with a certain power, generally related to the world of politics, have taken it upon themselves to distort at will the history of our country and the origin of a discovery that marked a before and after.
The latest news directly linked to this social conflict were the controversial statements of the recently proclaimed new president of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum. In them he clarified the importance of the Government of Spain, representing its entire nation, communicate to the media a public apology for the “atrocities” committed during the Conquest. Likewise, I elucidate the relevance of this act as a fact that honors and “enlarges” the autonomy of governments and the relationship between them. Although in reality the relationship between Mexico and Spain has always been cordial, in view of which, why remove the ghosts of the past and generate tension between both sides.
Throughout modern history, The imperative damage that the false legends created around Spanish history have done is demonstrated . Something that has not been replicated with the British or French empires, which have been magnified both internally and externally. Perhaps, cinema or fiction in general have motivated this “anti-Spanish” movement that has defenestrated the exploits engendered by the great figures of our country. Napoleon was a hero who raised an empire from its ashes, on the contrary, the Catholic Monarchs were sadists who destroyed all their conquered kingdoms. Hypocrisy reigns during the discourse of our days.
For this today we have three fundamental books that explain in detail what happened during the milestone that marked our history, and that of Mexico. Some readings that will please a few and will open the eyes of many others..
Nothing to apologize for
‘Nothing to apologize for’ by Marcelo Gullo OmodeoThe reason
Marcelo Gullo Omodeo explains in depth the dark and retrograde history of the American continent before the arrival of Columbus. A hostile territory taken over by savages who based their rule on despicable values such as cannibalism, slavery and prostitution. He also attributes the hunt against the Spanish empire to the propaganda of countries such as Germany, Great Britain or the United States, who have known how to take their discourse down the path of falsehood by sentencing the supposed culprits. Although there is no one more guilty than the one who does not want to see.
The author takes no prisoners in this reading and judges those responsible for this erroneous mythification. Among them Bartolomé de las Casas whom he defines as “a mercenary disguised as a priest.” In general terms Gullo Omodeo assures that Spain does not have to apologize because the conquest of America acted in the name of the survival of Christianity accordingly applying their values against the decadence that prevailed in the Americas.
The Black Legend: History of Hatred of Spain
The best books against the Black Legend of SpainAmazon
Throughout this book Alberto G. Ibáñez exposes the way in which England and France have used their policies to discredit Spanish exploits throughout history. A method that has served them to divert attention from what is truly important, the misdeeds they have carried out and why they give the blood that to this day resides in their hands. This “black legend” locates its origin in the Spain of the Catholic Monarchs, in what concerns us today, October 12. All the manifestations that lead the debate on the imperialist expansionism of the kingdom of Spain are collected, as are the strategies that the country’s enemies carried out in the past against it.
1492. Spain against its ghosts
The best books against the Black Legend of SpainAmazon
The author María Elvira Roca Barea manifests the effects produced in indigenous society with the arrival of Columbus to their landss. Additionally, it dissects the multiple Spanish expeditions that served to revolutionize the country, making it evolve both politically and socially. A gesture that placed Spain at the epicenter of the world, being the cornerstone of the beginning of the modern world. Specifically, Elvira focuses on the figure of King Ferdinand II and his involvement in American developmentalism and its Spanishization. However, the critical spirit of the work reveals the systematic destruction of everything prior to the arrival of Spain on American soil in addition to the customs prior to this event.
