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Matías De Paz and the introduction of thomism in the Asuntos De Indias: a conceptual revolution
(2018)
Most of the writings dedicated to assessing the contribution of the Spanish Second Scholasticism to the controversial issue of infidels’ dominion began their analyses with the well-known Francisco de Vitoria’s Relectiones (1532). This article offers a reconstruction of the history of the theological and juridical debates on this key issue on the Iberian Peninsula since the late 13th century. Special attention is paid to friar Matías de Paz, who was asked to offer his advice on the early patterns of rule and domination imposed on the Native Americans at the Junta de Burgos (1512), introduced to the discussions about asuntos de Indias the Thomist conceptual framework later employed by Vitoria, Soto, Suárez and many other prominent members of the so-called School of Salamanca. The article shows that it was, in fact, De Paz who first considered the Amerindians infidels affected by an "invincible ignorance", and he tried to curb some of the many abuses committed against them by applying the distinctions between different types of dominium and principatus.
Cabe felicitarse por la reciente publicación del volumen At the Origins of Modernity. Francisco de Vitoria and the Discovery of International Law, editado por los juristas José María Beneyto y Justo Corti Varela, ambos vinculados al Instituto de Estudios Europeos de la Universidad CEU San Pablo de Madrid. En primer lugar, resulta de por sí encomiable que, en un intento de debatir cara a cara con las escuelas postmodernas que atacan a Vitoria y otros pioneros del derecho internacional en tanto que teorizadores de sus fundamentos coloniales, Beneyto y Corti Varela hayan sumado esfuerzos junto a una gran nómina de autores internacionales (provenientes de España, Italia, Portugal, Alemania y Colombia) para publicar un volumen en inglés en la prestigiosa editorial Springer que pueda figurar como uno de los grandes hitos en la crítica a las escuelas críticas. ...