Abstract

MENDEZ ALONZO, MANUEL. Civil Power and Natural Rights of the Indigenous Peoples of the New World according to Fray Alonso de la Veracruz. Ideas y Valores [online]. 2013, vol.62, n.151, pp.195-213. ISSN 0120-0062.

The paper explores Alonso de la Veracruz's theses on civil power, which sought to integrate the native inhabitants of the New World into the Spanish political community. These theses, which have usually been associated with F. de Vitoria and Spanish Thomism, have recently come to be considered part of a Novohispanic republicanism developed in the American periphery. The article seeks to show that the purpose of such theses was to apply a theory of natural rights that did not entail the political participation of the indigenous population, as well as to analyze Veracruz's position regarding cultural diversity and the war against the indigenous peoples.

Keywords : Alonso de la Veracruz; civil power; natural rights; indigenous peoples.

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