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The Valladolid Debate
The moral implications of our activities in America have sparked an extensive debate about our use of the Encomienda System. With the repeated reports about the abuse the natives receive from our local officials, we can no longer ignore this ongoing debate. Multiple intellectuals of our country have been gathering in Valladolid to present their positions on the topic. In the ongoing discussions, two factions formed with one spearheaded by Target Character Sepulveda and the other lead by Target Character Casas. While the debate is currently inconclusive our intervention could grant legitimacy to either position.
CastileCountrydynamic historical event.tag
Encomienda SystemPolicytrigger
CatholicismReligionimmediate, triggerThe New Laws Abolish Indigenous SlaveryVariabletriggerDefinitionin_game/events/DHE/flavor_CAS.txt:10151
10152type = country_event
10153title = flavor_cas.1302.title The Valladolid Debate
10154desc = flavor_cas.1302.desc The moral implications of our activities in America have sparked an extensive debate about our use of the Encomienda System. With the repeated reports about the abuse the natives receive from our local officials, we can no longer ignore this ongoing debate. Multiple intellectuals of our country have been gathering in Valladolid to present their positions on the topic. In the ongoing discussions, two factions formed with one spearheaded by Target Character Sepulveda and the other lead by Target Character Casas. While the debate is currently inconclusive our intervention could grant legitimacy to either position.
10155outcome = neutral
10156historical_info = flavor_cas.1302.historical_info The Valladolid Debate of 1550, held at the Colegio de San Gregorio in that city, was a moral debate about the treatment of the native population in the Spanish colonies following the initial conquests and colonization of the Americas. The main dispute was held between the clergymen Bartolomé de las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda about the stance the Spanish administration should take toward the indigenous population. De las Casas argued against the forced conversion and the encomiendas system employed in the colonies, while Sepúlveda supported the system and argued for the use of war against natives practicing human sacrifices and cannibalism. While the debate was inconclusive, it cemented the implementation of the 'New Laws of the Indies', issued by King Charles I of Spain in 1542.
10157image = "gfx/interface/illustrations/society/religion.dds"
10160fire_only_once = yes
10161dynamic_historical_event = {
}
10168immediate = {
10170create_character = {
10171first_name = name_bartholomew
10172last_name = de_las_Casas
10175birth_date = 1484.11.11
10176female = no
10177birth_location = location:sevilla
10178adm = 58
10179dip = 77
10180mil = 42
10181save_scope_as = target_character_casas
}
10184create_character = {
10185first_name = name_john.name_genesius
10186last_name = de_sepulveda
10189birth_date = 1490.1.1
10190female = no
10191birth_location = location:pedroche
10192adm = 76
10193dip = 53
10194mil = 47
10195save_scope_as = target_character_sepulveda
}
}
10199trigger = {
10201owns = location:valladolid
10202custom_tooltip = {
10203text = variable_tt_had_new_laws The New Laws Abolish Indigenous Slavery
}
10206any_subject = {
10207capital.continent = continent:america
}
}