The term Leyenda Negra was assigned to this belief by Julian Juderias, a Spanish intellectual, in 1914. He stated that anti-Spanish propaganda and misconceptions had continued to develop since the sixteenth century, and historical distortions in both Europe and America constituted a Leyenda Negra.
The term Leyenda Negra was assigned to this belief by Julian Juderias, a Spanish intellectual, in 1914. He stated that anti-Spanish propaganda and historical distortions constituted a Leyenda Negra.