JUNTA AND THE LAWS OF VALLADOLID OF 1513 AS A CONTINUATION OF THE LAWS OF BURGOS OF 1512

Abstract: The aim of the work is investigation the causal relationship between the Laws of Valladolid of 1513 and the Laws of Burgos, adopted in 1512 as a continuation of the political and juridical struggle between King Ferdinand II of Aragon and the “House of Columbus” for the administration of the West Indies. The position of the laws of Valladolid is studied as a continuation of the granting of freedom to the aborigines in the New World at the beginning of the XVI century.

As a result of the work, the sources were analyzed, and it was translated into Russian from the English which was as translation of the original documents.

We have considered the basis for the convocation of the junta of Valladolid in 1513 and the conditions for the signing of the Laws of Valladolid, adopted as a result of the junta's meetings as additional amendments to the Laws of Burgos in 1512.