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by Bartolomé de las Casas · Sarpe · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788472917408
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«Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias» is the historical account by Bartolomé de las Casas, published by Sarpe in paperback (150 pages).
Written in the 16th century and published in 1552, this work by Bartolomé de las Casas denounces the abuses and exploitation suffered by the indigenous peoples of the Americas during Spanish colonisation. The Dominican friar defends the natives of the New World and criticises the violence of the conquerors in the colonisation process.
This edition is number 4 of the Biblioteca de la Historia collection, published in 1985, in Spanish.
For readers of colonial history and for those studying the controversy over the conquest of the Americas.
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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands. He described and railed against the atrocities committed by the conquistadores against the Indigenous peoples.
