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"The New Laws of the Indies, 1542 The Laws and ordinances newly made by His Majesty for the government of the Indies and good treatment and preservation of the Indians created a set of pro-Indian laws - so pro-Indian that they some had to be revoked in Mexico and in Peru due to settler opposition. where the viceroy was killed when he attempted to enforce them. The conflict was between "feudalists" who favored the encomienda system because it maintained society as in the Old World, and the more centralizing "regalists" who wanted to preserve royal power in Spain;s new Empire. Eventually the encomienda was allowed to continue. Charles by the divine clemency Emperor ever august, King of Germany. . . . To the Most Illustrious Prince Don Philip our very dear and very beloved grandson and son, and to the Infantes our grandsons and sons, and to the President, and those of our Council of the Indies, and to our Viceroys, Presidents and Auditors of our Audiencias and royal Chanceries of our said Indies, Islands and Continent of the Ocean Sea; to our Governors, Alcaldes mayores and our other Authorities thereof, and to all the Councils, magistrates, regidores, knights, esquires, officers, and commoners of all the cities, towns, and villages of our said Indies, Islands, and Tierra-firme of the Ocean Sea, discovered and to be discovered; and to any other persons, captains, discoverers, settlers, and inhabitants dwelling in and being natives thereof, of whatever state, quality, condition and pre-eminence they may be. . . . Know ye, That having for many years had will and intention as leisure to occupy ourselves with the affairs of the Indies, on account of their great importance, as well in that touching the service of God our Lord and increase of his holy Catholic faith, as in the preservation of the natives of those parts, and the good government and preservation of their persons; and although we have endeavoured

Has some primary sources and images related to the history of Freemasonry. Maybe they explain the secret handshake...?

Another one of those excellent open-source primary source websites. Not as good as the History Sourcebooks, but useful nonetheless.

This well-known collection seems to be widely used. A bit like the History Sourcebooks, it seems (although I've found them better to use).

This site has links to interesting and useful primary sources from a variety of periods. It's similar to the History Sourcebooks (which rock, of course).

Moscow as the Third Rome

Another primary resource to give depth to the character of Luther.

Looks like an excellent example of source forgery to demonstrate to students the need for source criticism.

Couldn't believe I hadn't added this one! OMG, as my students say. Up there with the Ancient History Sourcebook as an online source site (and that's a big call).

Prepared by Patricia Buckley Ebrey.