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    Were Early Modern Europeans Racist? Joan-Pan Rubiés Israopuerio ‘The extent to which acim can be documented in ly modern or inde snciat and medieval sources args depen on bow mony we fine ICA generous detain would ake aarti pn al eer o ete Aiiceminaon, baring he diction betwee rcs ad xenophobia, Thisisof couse roblenat apes fe are concerned wth ace the roe ofc inthe human scence in Europe. A sighty more rigor ‘ou approach woul! sit tat ras appcable whenever one fas some jsiicatin fren dsriniaason based on a concep ofrace that iovltes natural for genesogcl titer, howevee dere forma ‘ated ds thereecal underpinning. For the cary modern pends when father than dts “human senses” me find» collecion of hasan Tithe ee of New Chetan ther iteration nto urban society wat fac tore aces and = new Ingution was reed especially to pene ‘site howe who were suspect of “Judanng” The evidence sugges hat lage number of New Chea were aimisted, bo of couse mash ‘other Bed to Pore or esewhete, and a consider number were thre" Altkough the maintenance of dicrimintary mesures such 3 the concep of pur of blood” does ugget seal clement or ates seresopcl nets iportant to keepin min tha the wading oie fever ceased to have religous denon, wa he Christan notion of ferey a das tht was atmtel sexily and curly that ord the Blopein fr sspectng people ut becatseof hi ancestry Jesh "loca and even “ice” (undrtod sscey) waste suet indie sre mpc i react of Jak ras rte ‘hin them: Aga, wi the lng of voc and pt neactions th a an porns aed dna, ‘Heough 4 complex dace by which Jewish endogami pace and ‘ura rian payed ole dongs negative ant Kwik reopen St the sharp contains xed comers mre Tn these wo pra ea, despite ther itereing erences, what the proces sugges is tut egos pene, supported of cone by negative enc eeonping, led to cultural pee ad ht ‘en, eter to explsion or to Renesiogicinguntion and dct ‘Son! The difely of aolangrelon fom curl pacics and thi ‘production wis bloga nites made impose to mpl aply {beract thelopl catepes, and widened the Kope of pence 20 proto racial concep. Thunder wat to duennnte, the moe nn fe the racial element—hereundesod a bologilscestey— became. As Dan Nene een observed, medieval people ad waions wae ‘fanz the transition of cll rae sctom generation, ad {he emergence snd uramph of + geeaogcl approach in the case othe ‘New Christians was te result ofan ingen debate ether than pve.” ‘Tas was, crow enough, the ame Chris soley tat dba wth Similar ices the nur ofthe Arnerian Indians ad hi eapacy fr Cesta and ciation nal these css, a teal clere wat feed wih the inposiiy of econcling suites spans with bsesion wit par and pie way to # se of ach isis tion and snail person Thro the seth se ery Seventeenth centri, whle the Spanish Ingston Kept a wach ee ‘on peril New Chena, New Spa sd Per the religous ord ‘ened special tibuna to extract confeions fom Indian ced of mining o prac the od saty in sere ‘Covosiatisn, Staveny AND RactaL DISCRIMINATION Thc epi ofthe Now Wl pore rote f lini poy a wl san intelectual one of intrpreson. Although in the eehnogape ‘descriptions produced by explores and conguerossich Columbus sd Cortés there wat no heston in desribiog these Inians” 2 ional fhuman beings however inaocen, or ignorant ofthe things ofthe Od Work tne question of tr stv fll moral beings and their cose ‘geet poi igs wa soon rite i reabon to pols of subjection ‘hi evngtinaon. Tere war never ay doabe ta oy policy adopt ‘pterasic approach by which nasves were to be brought int the “hrc, weated or esa and tag the rudiments of Baropean ci tion, bit ho bs vo dit athe context ofanfen bret enizaton ttf om eae In parca the extent to which the Naive Americans tree capable of eleule beeme an ise for open debt, with he Pos ‘on gly determined by detent ons of empire. Views pani round two exter: the ea epouted by some husans jars sch ‘San Guns de Sepineda (1494-1878) thatthe brbusan Of the New ‘rk were deient in moral understanding snd ationay that they Presented sn crample of Asotdan “natu saves” and the opposte Wiew defnded by some misionay tars, most cotati the Dominican Bartolome de Las Cou (1474-1866), aging tar ee Indans were on the whole as ona vrwous and expble of chain the genes of nig, and tha therefore al hy required wae be ited to become {Ghestisns a autonome moral and posit beings. The account of this ‘lebate by Anthony Tagen has made ear hw the Ariston prt ‘ig adopted bythe barn ampealsts was soon force ico 2 retreat nt ropaced bys more nuanced new gly defined by the naar a Srgument of Francico de Vitoda (1485-1546), by which ative “Areca were tobe son atonal men ofthe same anes al xh fr but whose moral unending, potently perfec, suffered fom UES of scl development troaph histo crcamstances, They there fre sight be improved though the paeraisne care and good ed ton of Christian rule Whatever "ac tendencies one mgt ad in the Arotelan doce of ata avery had zerefre been neural, ‘itbout making it imposible forthe Span Crown to continue to ur Soc pei poly tht tested the natal aban ke “tle” ‘pon thee puteoaic piney wer like the Jesuit José de Act 1540-1600) in fs enormowyinuensal Hur Natural y Moral de tas Inia (1590) were abet oe berth casizabon of eves of thrbursm and elatve cation, o which varying colonial nd sion iy plies cool app. Degres of coecon and sccommdaion were {elaye to the pencepton ofthe cult snd pote atsvements of ech parca Gene ation, ‘One important spect of Aco’ ethnological yates was his mph ssn asuing bibles monogesiam fr ang the problem of hw the [Americas had Been people! Howeve, hs emphasis on commen fe forall mankind, which ald perc wih he thecal principe {hac he New Wild btn were moral and anally epee id not ecude the posbity of onaing some ahroolopea ier: faces natu ination. Athough in Acosta’ acount he hic Serpent of aon ain 1 ge ral Par ok ah eae baney he dey of cdr ifene remo Tore drei selene. The medi theory of ciate and temperaments tar cea wo apply tthe New Woe le than in Europe, nd (an) rail ok yo suppor sepa stereo, Rath, we Bal the fume ambilen sof enstoamentanm that me cused carr in fetion (0 the OM Woe For La Casa, bucnoneaentinientor” and “buena incoactoner” wee the outcome of moderate cima, and one Could con by experience thatthe nine nade tat wer well a fnced inde O1d Wes, for example As Mine, wee also Goble fn the Nenc* But Las Cass foun sponte we of cma 10 makes Print aout Taian ranaliy (his own ws about Aas wece et Posie) thse who belied ht oan were emperanently visu Sd thre were many—could alo suggest hat there were nae geo tropic ifsencesinoperaon.Intereinay, howe, the imitations of Eonmenal explanation were ao noted. Weng in Pers ting the fs half ofthe seventeenth century the Jest tralian Bere (Cobo (1580-1657) wok ascent sateen tht "me lands, by vite of thee vigour and fei, produce more ruse and burly en, {nd consequeny men wt sone Daly consti than oe ands which are weak and ste” and hi he common pyc ake-op and Tendencies ofthe Indians ofthe New World could be explained in rl tion reson and cma.” The nda were =pblegmate™ (moi) a that explained both he slowness low levels of energy compared 6 Spits, and thei extraordinary frbearance. ‘They were ao sangine (arm), wich expuned ter peor alpaiiy fo highaktoe cold Stimate Cobo slo observed that all nas were psa very sae insome respec, exams in conection tthe olor and shape of the tyes and nthe pe and erbudon of thee ha. At some pot bow ther he acnowlage that hs obscratonspeladd »pury cite ‘rotation, bers the Spanish borin Ameri remained cent 0 aun hose pecs The nec concn ms tha ome genet ir thes (nhestnce og lod) mee eve deve tha atin SES SMincreningh Cabostoppetsnon ofeendingo moc caaces ‘So gene rgumers He it otha al ada, dep the eee ‘pun guns and custom satel some common its hich wee ‘hes tepe ach os endony tonto nd te nck oF nk ite shou the Yt Te to tua that gen the Fei phys rl moral uno compare o Old Wee people) nian hada ‘ey een common igh tha heer he ny DAR {ht ine spt som scommon one 2 proces he out 0 eho Oy Tonng thao anaes withou wsce apport changed pi, oe Shy rtened communis pening pdt new nds” Howes {heen nitude tothe perce and deeb was duet “ted ‘Deol sci rer an ony na lack of power of rexoning.” ‘The hana conte! of bok of etre, ene a fine rt dete Inne hace fl posers fe human nelignce was 8 ele. Tn thea amass those “gio avage ve” the Ateran people ‘Socnemipueascate witha econ are (ey a eu Beco iSthe'y ee male codiona no ov inertnce ee ciate But on [Ey rtnurocson which intr, depended on ston deropient ‘This solucon conned Act dsfaon af ype fbr and pita owas th lignin pinay fhe sory oferlaton Tp ete, Asx and Co foreshadowed tetas element of what me mya erthodos conse of the gh Enighenet in eaton 0 RE Gy ich ndamenal menopetn was scopaned by ond ‘Sy Uerenanion rough» comiseaion of ensronment invences, ‘Pete nmin and cute agecy. Tei war howe, ot coo ‘sion den by ser npr scram st so bythe ston of the Cathol Chuch sd dteminton 6 conde a Tans pate ‘er esdor and hs sation ‘Cobo's abet ma ther exepional and might be cone ok esp tuning abo the sus besos Coster Refomaton sion “Srv tela waning, an sn fomuble tard horn of he Sao aio sted os and fam, regon by eon In ths rope as approche Inne wor masked by he aplsion Stloped sean wo ence empiel olsratins. Honeer, the ‘lx mary ofc soa rey on caer cms eanations The lope corey to gogapis explaaons of he peal inck Tio of Ameren aes a thats nde would a5 10 setts of punish anes, and thi i what we ofen fod Wing inte 1570s, Philip Is royal cosmographer ofthe Indies Juan Léper de Vo (ca 1880-98) noted the tle that Spanacds Gorn Inthe New Weld (Gr cre became temperamental ke the natives dae 29 the indsence ofthe climate; hence, they tend to resemble the local in body sae, ‘Sin colors prychcloielincnaton (implying that change woul have {Bken place ve tine even there had been no genetic mitre with ca ‘women).® In effet, they degenerated, This kindof wew tthe Beart of {he Coun of Inds ofcourse listed robust eile reponse" lence Juande inden (1563-1609), doetor singin New Span, fo yar later aggeted quite the oppose: the ciate id ininence the Spaniards torn inthe Inde, bat ins thorough postive way they natal spoke beter and more subtly than those cacbapins ast aeived oa Spain. This i Deas they anquied the sanguie temperament Which conesponded tothe hot and warm climate of the land, with «choke ropes a they grew ade, altogetber an exellent combination to rk peopl ineligent,hapy and generous, ale potentially ts acon sane "The Indians however, were pega, which explained wy they {ido po ald aman other things The dserepancy betwee the Segenerne impact of the wopcl climate pon the American Tos, Sl the more poatve temperament acguied by dhe Span sees i ing inthe ame lands, rated some rationalization Zak went beyond 2 Simple circ influence upoa peneable bodies, and which ako took ‘count of genetic descent Some nxtur or constutonl diferenees teeween peoples were x0 dep ingrained hatte impact oF the es ronment bese secondary? With thee varubls, the same general infuences produced difecae eles" Wit this parculrdacoue SF onl seer clonlisn, something tht looks very ch ke rai Sl eventual develop, although ts smpuct was cacumseibes. As Torge Cantar Esucra noted thi racalation ofthe bois of he Spanish, Tian and Blacks develope by humanist doctors in seventeenth ceaary [New Spain (an Caen ws ony the fin ine tht inde evel other) wt the dicoune of colonial eit rater than the spe "al pepeste of rulers in Spain. ws 3 dress response to the need ‘0 deena cesleparotcdensty ws siting the subordination fo the pposely indlene nate workers, something iposuble 10 Achieve with he sale envionment detesminisn ofthe Rebasane ‘What sparc Clidens fiom bis Catalan comtemporry Gaberthat ‘he former could or aff to extend aristocrats aims tothe ies of 2 nana temperament ht ensompanel he common people, Win the mare corsnauonasn ofthe Coon of Argo, ato Hoes nc defn in opponton to pest sie) war gradual econ (SCoecve ea Surin Now Spun, lights had tobe rece 10 thecal ee es we he pinay of hi cpa rong he ler poplin, ne New Wd ecounr oe Chan eof worl eames ‘Rialass power cere any fal uncon ost elon mie cps wit Cate cote fn rebel a he sper Sf pl dontauns to jl) sae monopobes ad clonal draons. ‘Shae sents dows non nesnthayery negete ene ereo9 eS {Sou the ine mera apc ofthe Nabe Amen i or ine arta pbiier of aus and tna i ot per. The oe 1 tat hey coud or Be oily ed on fly cbs foro Ibags thee nas decoute of Chanson and con Whe {Cs ef wasn lean of egos era he oerheng Srphass of the dence po toward ivering Bas Especial Soran she ite dace of nonogesm, wh fen ered JST be enveme fr of mien of toga inc wihn humaine dees tow the Aerie ans $e ptm, Frm Ln Cis fo Cobo, he dowet of he Aneta {an Eom Adam and Noah ws ners ssn, ren we a “tony and anagarans cou sate length whee hey eae by ‘hori Eom Alar Norn ors Suan nesy oom thet iSeries of nel The anata in punish colo pelon ‘Wath aytenperamental ad pc dierences bene he nse Tn belo Ind and thar O Wost scenes coal be explained rol ciate nant rte hata cura of ie ont lan snl that aed he emergence fn eto ‘Shea Tae sane uve ofthe debt Northern Europe. When the lets vo Dunc Dotan ded by repo, ogo Gots and Johanne de Lae sbok the embryos Repbbe of Lees of notern rope wth the cruraniglimobte convey aout he oud em ores crm thay th he None wee Indeed the most Flat ancestors oft papes oh New Why cul ony ee Sone hing none ofthc wd to promot tbe mpous har at the al ben ee ne Bere da “The exsunc omen bore Alan wa presi the ths that ad tear us vad ty an Pore 199616773 mse ker SF Chetan brunt whom al obo Conf ase WEKEEMGY WopERC HOTEANE AST 59 cla ee. La Pe’ exe ion questioned nea increas ofthe Be, ta uty puede way fa ane