What
do the following documents tell us about the Spanish Conquest?
How cruel were the Spanish? How should we understand their conduct?
And what should we make of the Spanish critics of Spain’s
behavior in the New World?
For an historian's point of view, read "How Cruel Were the
Spaniards?" by Iris H. W. Engstrand
Reprinted from the OAH Magazine of History, 14 (Summer 2000).
