Liam O'Mara IV, PhD5d ago
The #CatholicChurch has often inserted itself into politics, sometimes for worse reasons than others. On #ThisDayInHistory in 1493 Valencia-born #PopeAlexanderVI, Roderic Llançol i de #Borja, split the world between rival powers Spain & Portugal in the papal bull #InterCaetera.
antrophistoriaMay 4, 2025

🗓️ Efeméride: 4 de mayo de 1493.

🌍 Los Reyes Católicos reciben la bula “Inter Caetera” del Papa Alejandro VI, que reparte el Nuevo Mundo entre España y Portugal. Un trazo en el mapa que marcaría siglos de conquista, fe y sangre.

📸 Jacopo Pesaro presentado a san Pedro por el papa Alejandro VI. Tiziano, 1503-1506. La escena naval del fondo, el estandarte y el yelmo ambientan bien el momento histórico / Wikipedia

#Colonialismo #InterCaetera #EdadModerna #ReyesCatólicos #Efeméride

@ NovaNaturalist HAS ALSO MOVEDAug 29, 2023

@raymondpert His love of empire presumably extends to Spain in the Americas. He has yet to denounce the Dorctrine of Discovery declared by Pope Alexander VI #PapalBullShit #InterCaetera.

Also today, UNICEF announce the great Russian empire has destroyed 1300 schools in its latest war of empire.