Re: [Goanet] Black Legend ... spill over

2010-05-15 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
I really like the apt Konkani description of "Inquisition disti podd'ta."  Like many phrases of Konkani, this hits the nail on the head, with the fewest possible words.  Reading the Frenchman's book, there was nothing the Jesuits could do right.  All their success like pioneering spirit, educat

Re: [Goanet] Black Legend ... spill over

2010-05-15 Thread Frederick Noronha
Gilbert Lawrence wrote: Frederic Noronha has from time to time referred to the > Black Legend (which is the traditional > disparaging of Spain) by English writers. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend Premanand Lotlikar... taking up the Romi (Konkani) cause http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

[Goanet] Black Legend ... spill over

2010-05-15 Thread Gilbert Lawrence
Frederic Noronha has from time to time referred to the Black Legend (which is the traditional disparaging of Spain) by English writers.  This is a well defined concept of Hispanophobia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Legend Those familiar with the English literature likely see it often in o