{"product_id":"bartolome-de-las-casas-and-the-conquest-of-the-americas-paperback-softback-9781405194280","title":"Bartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas (Paperback \/ softback) 9781405194280","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBartolomé de las Casas and the Conquest of the Americas\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e“Clayton has written a wonderful biography of Las Casas--churchman, thinker, author, reformer and crusader for justice.  A major figure in Spanish American history, Las Casas is presented as a complex man, controversial in the world he lived in, and influential in creating perception of Spain and her colonies that endured for centuries.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Socolow, Emory University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “This is a full biographical study of one of the major figures of the early modern period, a person who left his mark on his contemporaries and posterity as much as the great monarchs of Spain, England and France. . . It should be a new classic on the life and significance of one of the major figures in the struggle for human justice.” \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNoble David Cook, Florida International University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “Lawrence Clayton has produced an excellent, insightful and highly nuanced biography that does full justice to the most extraordinary advocate of human rights in the history of the Americas, Bartolomé de las Casas. Exhaustively researched, sympathetically written and enhanced by illustrations, maps and an excellent bibliographic essay, this work constitutes an extraordinary contribution to the growing literature on the subject.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFranklin Knight, Johns Hopkins University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLawrence A. Clayton (Edited by), L Clayton (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781405194280, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 24 December 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e206 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.7 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.268 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eThe Journal of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eLatin American Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 April 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \"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)  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis 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.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores the period known as the Encounter, which was characterized by intensive conflict between Europeans and the people of the Americas following Columbus’s voyages\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eArgues that Las Casas, ‘protector of Indians,' was primarily motivated by Scripture in his crusade for justice and equality for American Indians\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on the 14 volume Complete Works of Las Casas as a window into his mind and actions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages students to understand history through the viewpoint of individuals living it\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations  \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Era of Columbus and the “Discoverers”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eModern interpretations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eConquest of La Española\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Justice for All\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiscovering his calling\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFather Montesinos’ sermon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLas Casas goes to Cuba\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo Spain\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeeting Ferdinand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Social Experiments: The Hieronymite Mission and the Universal Protector of All the Indians\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. The Era of the Conquests of Mexico and Peru, 1520s–1540s\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeville, autumn, 1520\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe conquest of Mexico\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. The New Laws of 1542 and Bishop of Chiapa\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaying the groundwork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBishop of Chiapa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. “All Mankind is One”: On the Nature of Humans, Servitude, and Slavery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBartolomé de las Casas and the African slave trade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographic Essay\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52437799272728,"sku":"9781405194280","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405194280.jpg?v=1784941516","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bartolome-de-las-casas-and-the-conquest-of-the-americas-paperback-softback-9781405194280","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}