Law, War, Imperial Competition, and the Colonial Foundations of the Sixteenth-Century Philippines

• Main Author: Pérez, Abisai; University
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/phstudies/vol69/iss3/4; https://archium.ateneo.edu/context/phstudies/article/1095/viewcontent/Law_2C_20War.pdf
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Thisarticle contributes to the understanding of the conquest and colonization of the Philippines, particularly the global and regional processes that molded the Spanish Empire throughout the sixteenth century. It suggests that the foundation of Spanish dominion in the archipelago involved the develo...