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Brevisima Relacion De La Destruycion De Las Indias (Spanish, Paperback)
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Brevisima Relacion De La Destruycion De Las Indias (Spanish, Paperback)
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The painful and violent testimony of cruelties incurred by the
Spanish conquistadors in the new world, concisely depicted by
Bartolom de Las Casas in his "Brevsima relacin de la destruycin de
las Indias," is both a terrible accusation and a warning addressed
at Prince Phillip of Spain. By accumulating descriptions of
atrocities, slaughters and tortures, while emphasizing the deep
contrast between the goodness of the natives and the evil spirit of
the conquistadors, the dominic priest prophesizes apocalyptic
consequences to fall upon Spain as results of the horrors
perpetrated by the colonizers, driven by greed and ambition instead
of the desire to evangelize and protect the "new souls." With his
revolutionary writing Las Casas intended to share his indignation
facing such unjust and unmerciful behaviours, which he attributed
to the "encomiendas" colonial regime, while advocating for a human
and pacific evangelization. As he had recently done during the
famous Valladolid Controversy, he tried to awaken consciences,
reaffirming his humanism and universalism through his relentless
mission as defender of the oppressed people. Spain's political and
religious foes took advantage of this libel, integrating it into
what would be known as the Spanish Conquest "black legend," so it's
author became the victim of criticism and resent by Spaniards, who
considered that he had contributed to the discredit of his own
fatherland. This present edition includes all the engravings
-annotated- of the famous Theodore de Bry (a protestant) edition.
Jean-Paul DUVIOLS is academic emeritus of the University of Paris
IV-Sorbonne. A specialist in the colonial period, travel literature
and iconographic analysis, he has written numerous works on the
European vision about America, from Christopher Columbus to
Alexander von Humboldt.
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