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
The presence of encomienda gave these lords a very strong incentive to set up local institutions to protect their property rights. One of which, one of the key ones of which was the encomienda. So, you know, a lord arrives, they conquer the indigenous people. He has a thousand indigenous people working for him.
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