Join Amazon Prime and get unlimited Free One-Day Delivery. Already a member? Sign in.
Frequently Bought Together
Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought
The Conquest of New Spain (Classics) by Bernal Diaz del Castillo  (5)
£9.09
|
The Broken Spears: Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico by Miguel Leon-Portilla  (4)
|
Letters from Mexico (Yale Nota Bene) by H Pagden (1)
£9.80
|
The Song of Roland (Penguin Classics) by Glyn S. Burgess (1)
£6.99
|
The Four Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Classics) by Christopher Columbus (3)
£6.99
|
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
See all customer reviews...
Product Description
Synopsis
Bartolome de las Casas was born in Sevilla in 1474. At the age of 18 he left Spain for the new world, where he managed his father's ranch and subsequently became a priest. After many years of witnessing the ravages and atrocities of Spanish colonial policy and experiencing the failure of his own attempts at the peaceful colonization of Cumana, he wrote a brief account of the destruction of the Indies in 1542. This work was investigated at the instigation of Charles V by a committee of lawyers and theologians, and the findings rejected. Colonial apologists also rejected las Casas' view that the Indian was by nature virtuous and peacable, but corrupted by an alien civilization. This book examines this work.
Bartolome de las Casas was born in Sevilla in 1474. At the age of 18 he left Spain for the new world, where he managed his father's ranch and subsequently became a priest. After many years of witnessing the ravages and atrocities of Spanish colonial policy and experiencing the failure of his own attempts at the peaceful colonization of Cumana, he wrote a brief account of the destruction of the Indies in 1542. This work was investigated at the instigation of Charles V by a committee of lawyers and theologians, and the findings rejected. Colonial apologists also rejected las Casas' view that the Indian was by nature virtuous and peacable, but corrupted by an alien civilization. This book examines this work.
Inside This Book
(Learn More)
First Sentence
Everything that has happened since the marvellous discovery of the Americas - from the short-lived initial attempts of the Spanish to settle there, right down to the present day - has been so extraordinary that the whole story remains quite incredible to anyone who has not experienced it at first hand. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
Everything that has happened since the marvellous discovery of the Americas - from the short-lived initial attempts of the Spanish to settle there, right down to the present day - has been so extraordinary that the whole story remains quite incredible to anyone who has not experienced it at first hand. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample PagesConcordance
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover