Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Clayton, Lawrence A.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This is a short history of the age of exploration and the conquest of the Americas told through the experience of Bartolomé de las Casas, a Dominican friar who fervently defended the American Indians, and the single most important figure of the period after Columbus. * Explores the period known as the Encounter, which was characterized by intensive conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages * Argues that Las Casas, 'protector of Indians,' was primarily motivated by Scripture in his crusade for justice and equality for American Indians * Draws on the 14 volume Complete Works of Las Casas as a window into his mind and actions * Encourages students to understand history through the viewpoint of individuals living it

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. November 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444392739
• Artikelnr.: 38407256

Autorenporträt

Lawrence A. Clayton is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama. His books include A History of Modern Latin America, second edition (2004), Peru and the United States: The Condor and the Eagle (1999), and The De Soto Chronicles (editor, 1993). He is currently writing the first major biography of Las Casas in more than a generation.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Series Editor's Preface Acknowledgments Timeline
Introduction 1. The Era of Columbus and the "Discoverers" Modern
interpretations Conquest of La Española 2. Justice for All Discovering his
calling Father Montesinos' sermon Las Casas goes to Cuba To Spain Meeting
Ferdinand 3. Social Experiments: The Hieronymite Mission and the Universal
Protector of All the Indians 4. The Era of the Conquests of Mexico and
Peru, 1520s-1540s Seville, autumn, 1520 The conquest of Mexico 5. The New
Laws of 1542 and Bishop of Chiapa Laying the groundwork Bishop of Chiapa 6.
"All Mankind is One": On the Nature of Humans, Servitude, and Slavery
Bartolomé de las Casas and the African slave trade Conclusion Notes
Bibliographic Essay Index