Francisco de Vitoria

A young Dominican friar guides the listener through 16th-century Salamanca, where his master, Francisco de Vitoria, forever changed the way justice was understood. From the Convent of San Esteban and the university classrooms, the episode traces the birth of the School of Salamanca and the debate on the rights of indigenous peoples after the discovery of America. Through his ideas on the Law of Nations, Vitoria laid the foundations of international law and human rights. An intimate story that connects the city with one of the most important intellectual transformations in history.