- Silvio Zavala
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name = Silvio Zavala
birth_date = birth date and age|1909|2|7
birth_place = flagicon|MexicoMérida, Yucatán ,México
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occupation = HistorianSilvio Zavala Vallado (born
February 7 ,1909 ) is a pioneer in law history studies andMexico ’s institutions. Born inMérida, Yucatán , 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 sinceJanuary 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.
elected 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.See also
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Mexican literature External links
* [http://www.colegionacional.org.mx/Zavala0.htm Biography]
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