Black Legend

English

Etymology

The term was calqued from Spanish, where it was coined as Leyenda Negra by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La leyenda negra y la verdad histórica (The Black Legend and Historical Truth).

Proper noun

the Black Legend

1. The depiction of Spain and Spaniards (or, by extension, all Hispanics and their countries of origin) as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical.

Translations

the depiction of Spain as cruel, greedy and fanatical

• Dutch: Zwarte Legende f
• Finnish: musta legenda
• French: Légende Noire f
• Polish: Czarna Legenda hiszpanii f
• Portuguese: Lenda Negra f
• Spanish: Leyenda Negra f
• Swedish: svarta legenden

See also

• White Legend