Description
Book SynopsisAfter Christopher Columbus, Bartolome de las Casas is the single most important figure in the period of the Encounter, a time of conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus's voyages. Here Clayton provides a history of the age as told through the life of Las Casas.
Trade Review“Beside my students, I would recommend this book to anyone with a desire to understand better what is one of the most compelling periods in history.” (The Journal of Latin American Studies, 1 April 2013)
"Clayton (Univ. of Alabama) has written an excellent, concise survey of the life and work of Bartolome de las Casas, the Dominican friar who advocated fiercely on behalf of indigenous Americans during the 16th-century Spanish conquest of the America. . .Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above." (Choice, 1 October 2011)
Table of ContentsList 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
