What is "black legend"

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

The Black Legend is a style of nonobjective historical writing or propaganda that demonizes Spain, its people and its culture in an intentional attempt to damage its reputation. The Black Legend propaganda originated in the 16th century, a time of strong rivalry between European colonial powers. Among the first to describe and denounce this phenomenon was Julián Juderías in his book The Black Legend and the Historical Truth (Spanish: ), a critique published in 1914 that explains how this type of biased historiography has presented Spanish history in a deeply negative light, purposely ignoring positive achievements or advances. Though the term black legend for describing this anti-Spanish mythology was coined by Emilia Pardo Bazán in a conference, Paris, April 18, 1899. Later writers have supported and developed Juderías' critique. In 1958, Charles Gibson explained that Spain and the Spanish Empire were historically presented as "cruel, bigoted, exploitative and self-righteous in excess of reality."

Black Legend is a collaboration between Italian DJs and producers Enrico Ferrari and Ciro Sasso; plus British vocalist Elroy "Spoonface" Powell.

Black Legend's " You See the Trouble with Me" reached number-one on the UK Singles Chart in June 2000. The chart-topping version featured a karaoke re-recording of the original Barry White vocal by Powell. A follow-up single entitled "Somebody", billed as Shortie vs. Black Legend, failed to gain any notable chart success; however, it was a hit record in nightclubs worldwide.

The Black Legend is a style of historical writing that demonizes the Conquistadores and the Spanish Empire.

Black Legend may also refer to:

• Black Legend (music group), a UK group of musicians
• Black Legend (software publisher)
• Black Legend of the Spanish Inquisition
• Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust

Black Legend was an Amiga and PC games publisher, based first in Switzerland, then in St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England, and finally in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, England. Formed by Richard M Holmes in 1993, Black Legend published a number of hits, including Football Glory (developed by Croteam, Croatia, designed and produced by Richard M Holmes) and Tactical Manager (developed and programmed by Camy Maertens of Talking Birds, Rayleigh, England, and produced by Richard M Holmes), both of which reached the number one position in the UK sales charts for games in 1994. The company closed in 1996.

Titles published by Black Legend include:

• Football Glory on Amiga, Amiga AGA, PC (developed by Croteam, released as "Fussball Total" in German-speaking countries)
• Tactical Manager on Amiga, Atari ST, PC (developed by Talking Birds, released as "Der Trainer" in German-speaking countries)
• Fatman, The Caped Consumer on Amiga, Amiga AGA, PC
• Embryo on Amiga (developed by Croteam)
• Voyages of Discovery on PC (developed by Software 2000)
• Hungary for Fun on Amiga
• Wheelspin on Amiga AGA
• Five-a-Side Soccer on Amiga AGA
• Tactical Manager 2 on Amiga
• Inordinate Desire on PC (developed by Croteam)

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