Silvio Zavala
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Silvio Zavala, born February 7, 1909, in Mérida, Yucatán, México, is a pioneer in law history studies and Mexico’s institutions. He studied at the National University of Mexico and at the University of Madrid, obtaining a Ph.D. in law from the latter. He began his professional career in Spain in the Center for Historic Studies in Madrid.
He has been a member of El Colegio Nacional since January 6, 1947, and of the Board of the Chronicle of Mexico City. He received the 1969 National Literature Award; the Vasco de Quiroga Medal (1986); the Rafael Heliodoro Valle Award (1988); the Eligio Ancona Medal; and the Prince of Asturias Award. He served as Ambassador of Mexico in France from 1966 to 1975.
Zavala has written over sixty books and two hundred and fifty articles.
[edit] Selected works
- Las instituciones jurídicas en la conquista de América, Madrid, 1935.
- La encomienda indiana, Madrid, 1935.
- Fuentes para la historia del trabajo en Nueva España, México, 1939-1946.
- Ideario de Vasco de Quiroga, México, 1941.
- New Viewpoints on the Spanish Colonization of America, Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1943.
- Ensayos sobre la colonización española en América, Buenos Aires, 1944.
- La filosofía política en la conquista de América, México, 1947.
- Aproximaciones a la historia de México, México, 1953.
- Sir Thomas More in New Spain: A Utopian Adventure of the Renaissance, Londres, Canning House, 1955.
- La defensa de los derechos del hombre en América Latina (siglos XVI-XVIII), París, Unesco, 1963.
- Recuerdo de Vasco de Quiroga, México, D. F., Editorial Porrúa, 1965.
- El Mundo Americano en la Época Colonial, México, Editorial Porrúa, 1968.
- Orígenes de la colonización en el Río de la Plata, México, D. F., El Colegio Nacional, 1978.
