School of Salamanca
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The School of Salamanca was a 16th-century intellectual movement of theologians and jurists at the University of Salamanca who laid foundational ideas in international law, economics, and human rights within the framework of late Scholasticism.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| School of Salamanca canonical | 10 |
| School of Salamanca debates | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1401855 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School of Salamanca Context triple: [University of Salamanca, notableFor, School of Salamanca]
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A.
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned as a historic center of learning and scholarship in Spain.
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B.
Archiginnasio of Bologna
The Archiginnasio of Bologna is a historic Renaissance palace that once housed the main buildings of the University of Bologna and is renowned for its ornate anatomical theatre and extensive heraldic decorations.
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C.
University of Santiago de Compostela
The University of Santiago de Compostela is one of Spain’s oldest and most prestigious public universities, located in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
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D.
University of Padua
The University of Padua is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned as a historic center of scientific and humanistic scholarship.
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E.
University of Valladolid
The University of Valladolid is one of Spain’s oldest public universities, known for its historic campuses and broad range of academic and research programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: School of Salamanca Target entity description: The School of Salamanca was a 16th-century intellectual movement of theologians and jurists at the University of Salamanca who laid foundational ideas in international law, economics, and human rights within the framework of late Scholasticism.
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A.
University of Salamanca
The University of Salamanca is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned as a historic center of learning and scholarship in Spain.
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B.
Archiginnasio of Bologna
The Archiginnasio of Bologna is a historic Renaissance palace that once housed the main buildings of the University of Bologna and is renowned for its ornate anatomical theatre and extensive heraldic decorations.
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C.
University of Santiago de Compostela
The University of Santiago de Compostela is one of Spain’s oldest and most prestigious public universities, located in the historic city of Santiago de Compostela in Galicia.
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D.
University of Padua
The University of Padua is one of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious universities, renowned as a historic center of scientific and humanistic scholarship.
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E.
University of Valladolid
The University of Valladolid is one of Spain’s oldest public universities, known for its historic campuses and broad range of academic and research programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (60)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intellectual movement
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legal school of thought ⓘ scholastic school ⓘ theological school ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
canon law
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economics ⓘ ethics ⓘ international law ⓘ jurisprudence ⓘ moral theology ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ philosophy ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| coreIdea |
condemnation of unjust enslavement of indigenous peoples
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defense of private property within natural law ⓘ freedom of commerce and communication among nations ⓘ market price as a just price determined by common estimation ⓘ moral limits on war and conquest ⓘ sovereignty of political communities under natural law ⓘ universal natural rights of all humans ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
colonial law
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human rights theory ⓘ just war theory ⓘ monetary theory ⓘ price theory ⓘ rights of indigenous peoples ⓘ theory of natural rights ⓘ theory of tyrannicide ⓘ value theory ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Domingo Báñez
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Domingo de Soto ⓘ Francisco Suárez ⓘ Francisco de Vitoria ⓘ Luis de Molina ⓘ Martín de Azpilcueta ⓘ Melchor Cano ⓘ |
| inception | 16th century ⓘ |
| influenced |
Catholic social teaching
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Francisco Suárez ⓘ Hugo Grotius ⓘ development of classical economics ⓘ development of international law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotle
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St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
surface form:
Thomas Aquinas
medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| intellectualTradition | Thomism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Latin
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Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Crown of Castile
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Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Salamanca ⓘ University of Salamanca ⓘ |
| movement | late Scholasticism ⓘ |
| notableWork |
De Indis
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Relectio de iure belli ⓘ
surface form:
De iure belli
De iustitia et iure ⓘ De legibus ac Deo legislatore ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: School of Salamanca Description of subject: The School of Salamanca was a 16th-century intellectual movement of theologians and jurists at the University of Salamanca who laid foundational ideas in international law, economics, and human rights within the framework of late Scholasticism.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Francisco de Vitoria
subject surface form:
Apología
subject surface form:
Democrates Secundus
this entity surface form:
School of Salamanca debates