Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas
287 | Jean-Paul Faguet on Institutions and the Legacy of History
Jean-Paul Faguet
So encomienda comes from the Spanish word encomendar, which is to recommend or to put in the care of. And so the deal with the encomienda is that you had a Spanish Lord, a conquistador, who just finished conquering a bunch of indigenous people.
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