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Informationen zum Autor Lawrence A. Clayton is Professor and Interim Chair of the Department of History at the University of Alabama. His books include A History of Modern Latin America! second edition (2004)! Peru and the United States: The Condor and the Eagle (1999)! and The De Soto Chronicles (editor! 1993). He is currently writing the first major biography of Las Casas in more than a generation. Klappentext After Christopher Columbus! Bartolomé 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. Zusammenfassung After 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations. Series Editor's Preface. Acknowledgments. Timeline. Introduction. 1 The Era of Columbus and the "Discoverers". Modern interpretations. Conquest of La Espanola. 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. Bartolome de las Casas and the African slave trade. Conclusion. Notes. Bibliographic Essay. Index.
