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Francisco de Vitoria
Francisco de Vitoria was a Spanish Dominican theologian of the School of Salamanca. He questioned the legal justifications for the Spanish Empire's conquest of the Americas and argued that indigenous peoples had rights, and his work is regarded as a foundation of international law.
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Francisco de Vitoria. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/francisco-de-vitoria
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