black legend
Historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of…Historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of fabricated, exaggerated and/or decontextualized facts is directed against particular persons, nations or institutions with the intention of creating a distorted and uniquely inhuman image of them.
» The Black Legend also exists in the Philippines.
Meaning
1 sensesHistoriographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of fabricated, exaggerated and/or decontextualized facts is directed against particular persons, nations or institutions with the intention of creating a distorted and uniquely inhuman image of them.
Examples
1 sentencesThe Black Legend also exists in the Philippines.
Translations
3 languagesOrigin
Genericized use of Black Legend, a calque from Spanish Leyenda Negra coined by Julián JudeGenericized use of Black Legend, a calque from Spanish Leyenda Negra coined by Julián Juderías in his 1914 book La Leyenda Negra y la Verdad Histórica. The Spanish term is in turn likely a calque of French légende noire, an expression by Arthur Lévy in his 1893 book Napoléon intime.
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Forms
plural: black legends| Singular | black legend |
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