1. black legend - Noun
2. Black legend - Proper noun
the Black Legend
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The depiction of Spain and Spaniards (or, by extension, all Hispanics and their countries of origin) as bloodthirsty and cruel, greedy and fanatical.
black legend (plural black legends)
Historiographical phenomenon in which a sustained trend in historical writing of biased reporting and introduction of fabricated, exaggerated and/or decontextualized facts is directed against particular persons, nations or institutions with the intention of creating a distorted and uniquely inhuman image of them.
Coordinate term: white legend
Resistance was punished severely, giving rise to the " Black Legend ". Source: Internet
This was added to the " Black Legend " by his enemies. Source: Internet