Textbook
Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the AmericasISBN: 978-1-4051-9428-0
Paperback
206 pages
January 2011, ©2010, Wiley-Blackwell
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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