Papal Bulls
Papal Bulls that create the foundation of the Doctrine of Discovery
- Papal Bull Dum Diversas 18 June, 1452
- The Bull Romanus Pontifex (Nicholas V), January 8, 1454
- The Legal Battle and Spiritual War against the Native People, The Bull Inter Caetera (Alexander VI), May 4, 1493
- Expansion of Papal Bulls
Photo Credit: Pope Alexander VI’s Demarcation Bull, May 4, 1493. Via Gilder Lehrman Collection