I conquistadores nel Nuovo Mondo

Buy my new book, "Even Socrates Had Some Doubts": https://amzn.to/3wPZfmC In the 16th century, much of Central and South America fell under Spanish control, primarily through the conquistadors and encomiendas. Contents: 00:00 Intro 01:08 Who I am (and what I do here) 01:44 Conquistadors and Cortés 08:03 Pizarro's exploits 11:36 The demographic collapse 20:40 Encomiendas and exploitation 27:46 Reports on savages 33:13 The opposing voices 35:19 Evangelizing the Indians 42:44 Conclusion Other videos cited: The discovery of America and other geographical explorations:    • Le esplorazioni geografiche e la scoperta ...   Pre-Columbian civilizations:    • Le civiltà precolombiane   Montaigne's philosophy:    • Montaigne e i Saggi   All philosophy videos, in order:    • Corso di filosofia   All history videos, in order:    • Corso di storia   All videos from the History-Philosophy Book Club:    • Book Club storico-filosofico   All videos from the History-Philosophy Video Club:    • Video Club storico-filosofico   If you'd like to stay in touch directly with me, you can find me here: Website (including information on my published books): http://www.ermannoferretti.it Twitter:   / scrip   Facebook:   / scrip   Instagram:   / scrip