Anthony Pagden has a useful book on its use by the English (and to a lesser degree the French) and the reason for its absence in Spanish imperial ideology: Lords of all the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain and France c.1500-c.1800 by Anthony Pagden
Anthony Pagden has a useful book on its use by the English (and to a lesser degree the French) and the reason for its absence in Spanish imperial ideology: Lords of all the World: Ideologies of Empire in Spain, Britain and France c.1500-c.1800 by Anthony Pagden