Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P.
Title | Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | BRILL |
Total Pages | 505 |
Release | 2018-12-10 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9004387668 |
A landmark in Lascasian scholarship: the work of seventeen scholars, contributions span the fields of history, Latin American studies, literary criticism, philosophy and theology.
The Life and Writings of Bartolome de Las Casas
Title | The Life and Writings of Bartolome de Las Casas PDF eBook |
Author | Henry Raup Wagner |
Publisher | Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press |
Total Pages | 344 |
Release | 1967 |
Genre | Indians of North America |
ISBN |
Bartolomé de las Casas spent 50 years of his life actively fighting slavery and the violent colonial abuse of indigenous peoples, especially by trying to convince the Spanish court to adopt a more humane policy of colonization. And although he failed to save the indigenous peoples of the Western Indies, his efforts resulted in several improvements in the legal status of the natives, and in an increased colonial focus on the ethics of colonialism. Las Casas is often seen as one of the first advocates for universal Human Rights. he was also appointed as Bishop of Chiapas, a newly established diocese of which he took possession in 1545 upon his return to the New World. He was consecrated in the Dominican Church of San Pablo on march 30th 1544, the ceremonied being officiated by two Bishops instead of by archbishop Loaysa who strongly disliked Las Casas.[54] As a Bishop Las Casas was involved in frequent conflicts with the encomenderos and secular of his diocese, among them the conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo. In a Pastoral letter issued on march 20th 1545 he refused absolution to slave owners and encomenderos even on their death bed, unless all their slaves had been set free and their property restituted to them.[55] Las Casas furthermore threatened that anyone who mistreated Indians within his jurisdiction would be ex-communicated. He also came into conflict with the Bishop of Guatemala Francisco Marroquín, to whose jurisdiction the diocese had previously belonged. Bishop Marroquín openly defied the New Laws to Las Casas's dismay. The New Laws were repealed on October 20, 1545, and riots broke out against Las Casas.[55] After a year he had made himself so unpopular among the Spaniards of the area that he had to leave.
Bartolomé de Las Casas in History
Title | Bartolomé de Las Casas in History PDF eBook |
Author | Juan Friede |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Explorers |
ISBN | 9780875809878 |
This collection of essays increases the understanding of the man and his work by presenting English translations of the findings of leading modern European and Latin American specialists on Las Casas.
To Heaven or to Hell
Title | To Heaven or to Hell PDF eBook |
Author | David Thomas Orique, O.P. |
Publisher | Penn State Press |
Total Pages | 119 |
Release | 2020-04-27 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0271081856 |
This volume is the first complete English translation and annotated study of Bartolomé de Las Casas’s important and provocative 1552 treatise commonly known as the Confesionario or Avisos y reglas. A text that generated controversy, like Las Casas’s more famous Brevísima relación, the Confesionario outlined a strikingly novel and arguably harsh use of confession for those administering the sacrament to conquistadores, encomenderos, slaveholders, settlers, and others who had harmed the indigenous people, thus using magisterial authority and jurisdictional power to promote restitution. David Orique addresses how, from 1516 to 1547, Las Casas subscribed to and wrote about the theory and practice of the doctrine of restitution. He then presents the specific historical context of the development of the initial manuscript of the Confesionario in 1547 as Doce reglas (Twelve Rules), which later became the augmented Confesionario manuscript. Orique’s commentary on the 1552 Confesionario treatise highlights how Las Casas’s Argumento, and its approval by theologians, legitimates his work. Orique outlines the various guidelines proposed to confessors to identify, investigate, and seek restitution from offending Spaniards based on their possessions and circumstances. He also explores Las Casas’s use of the Thomistic tripartite scheme of divine, natural, and human law. With insightful analysis and commentary accompanied by an eminently readable translation, To Heaven or to Hell will be especially useful to students and scholars of Latin American colonial history, early modern religion, and Catholic studies.
History of the Indies
Title | History of the Indies PDF eBook |
Author | Bartolomé de las Casas |
Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | 340 |
Release | 1971 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
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A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies
Title | A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies PDF eBook |
Author | Bartolomé de las Casas |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Total Pages | 96 |
Release | 2022-11-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1504078586 |
A Spanish friar documents the brutal treatment of Caribbean natives at the hands of colonial authorities in the sixteenth century. After traveling to the New World, Dominican friar Bartolomé de Las Casas witnessed conquistadors wreak unimaginable horrors upon the Indigenous people of the Caribbean. He later dedicated his life to fighting for their protection. Following numerous failed attempts to reason with authorities in Spain, he chose to document everything he had seen over a span of fifty years and to give it to Spain’s Prince Philip II. In A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, Las Casas catalogues the atrocities he observed the Spanish colonial authorities inflict upon the native people. He discusses the brutal torture, mass genocide, and enslavement. He passionately pleas for an end to this treatment and for the native peoples to be given basic human rights.
Indian Freedom
Title | Indian Freedom PDF eBook |
Author | Bartolomé de las Casas |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | 382 |
Release | 1995 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781556127175 |
Intended for classroom use, work contains 47 pages from Las Casas' life of Columbus plus 24 other selections--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.