Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Series Statement:
Atlantic crossings
Uniform Title:
Works 2020 Selections
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.3/62098
Keywords:
Casas, Bartolomé de las
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Casas, Bartolomé de las Translations into English
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Casas, Bartolomé de las
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Dominicans Biography
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Dominicans
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Slave trade Sources History 16th century
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Slavery Sources History 16th century
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Indians, Treatment of Sources History
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Discoveries in geography ; Spanish
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Indians, Treatment of
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Slave trade
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Slavery
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Biographies
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History
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Sources
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Translations
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Biographies
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America Sources Discovery and exploration
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Spanish
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America
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Latin America
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Spain
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"At two hours after midnight the land appeared" : Christopher Columbus's first voyage to America, 1492-1493 -- "Everyone was amazed to catch sight of ... things they had never dreamed or heard" : History of the Indies, 1493 -- "The Spaniards were guilty of the very same thing they accused the Indians of" : History of the Indies, ca. 1503-1509 -- "There I saw such great cruelties" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, 1542 -- "And so he had them burned alive" : An account, much abbreviated, of the destruction of the Indies, ca. 1540s -- "My one motive in dictating this book" : prologue to the History of the Indies, 1552 -- "Enslavement of blacks was every bit as unjust as that of the Indians" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560 -- "By what right and with what justice?" History of the Indies, 1511 -- "The preservation ...of the Indians, has always been the primary purpose of our policy" : New Laws of 1542, Council of the Indies -- "For everyone to accept our faith, he or she must have ...a clear liberty of choice" : Twenty reasons against the Encomienda, 1552 -- "Our Christian religion is equal for all ...and does not deprive any of their liberty" : History of the Indies, 1527-1561 -- "The one and only way" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534 -- "If they refuse to listen, we must go to other places" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552 -- "All humankind is one" : Apologetic history, 1527-1561 -- "Those Indians ...should not be deprived of freedom" : Sublimis Deus, Pope Paul III, 1537 -- "Good-bye, Aristotle!" In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552 -- "Every nation ...has the right to defend itself" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552 -- "Liberty is an innate right of all human beings" : On royal power, ca. 1560s -- "Infidels rightly have ownership of their goods" : Certain principles, 1552 -- "The same right" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563 -- "War of this kind is unjust" : The only way of attracting all peoples to the true religion, ca. 1534 -- "Those peoples had never attacked, nor committed injury, nor war" : History of the Indies, ca. 1550-1560 -- "Every single person has to give consent" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563 -- "It is not my business to pass judgment on those outside" : In defense of the Indians, 1550-1552 -- "Help to the oppressed against their oppressors" : On the treasures of Peru, 1563 -- "Those Indians whose rights I have defended till my death" : Petition to His Holiness Pope Pius V, 1566
Abstract:
"This is a reader devoted to the life and writings of Bartolome de las Casas (1485-1566), and the effects of his legacy on the age of the Encounter when Europeans-principally but not exclusively Spaniards-conquered the Americas. Las Casas is arguably the most important figure of the Encounter Age after Christopher Columbus, and Las Casas is well known to those who teach Western civilization, various survey histories of Spain and Latin America, and Atlantic history. He is known principally as the author of the "Black Legend," as well as the "protector" of American Indians. He was one of the pioneers of the human rights movement, and a Christian activist who invoked Biblical scripture to interpret what was right and wrong in the great age of the Encounter. He was also one of the first and most thorough chroniclers of the conquest, and a biographer who saved the diary of Columbus's first voyage for posterity through his History of the Indies, for the journal of that voyage was lost. He was also an innovator in political theory and a proto-ethnographer, and his contributions in geography, philosophy, and literature are no less significant. That he was also crusty, self-righteous, judgmental, given to gross exaggerations, and not a very loving Christian adds the very human dimension of failure to his character. This reader provides the most wide-ranging, and concise anthology of Las Casas' writings, in translation, ever made available. It contains not only excerpts from his most well-known texts, but also his writings on political philosophy and law, which are largely unavailable. Many of these selections have never been translated into English and they mostly address these under-appreciated aspects of his thought. As such, this volume presents Las Casas as a more comprehensive and systematic philosophical and legal thinker than he is given credit. The introduction puts these writings into a synthetic whole by biographically tracing his indigenous advocacy throughout his career"--
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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