You said “heroic”. This narrative that somehow spaniards were heroes because they’re way of killing didn’t involve ripping hearts out is trite and historically false. Laughable that they look ...
The false thing is your narrative. You are repeating the story told by the enemies of Spain; mainly England and France. What the Spaniards did was historic: discovery of a new continent, they empirically demonstrated that the earth is spherical, they connected the old world with the new world. Hence, the motto "Plus Ultra" (and beyond) of Spain.
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