Author: Otto Olivera
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292778899
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 185
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This anthology of foundational sixteenth-century Spanish-language texts presents the European side of the discovery and colonization of the New World. Otto Olivera has chosen representative selections from the works of eighteen authors, including Garcilaso de la Vega, Bartolomé de Las Casas, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Hernán Cortés, and Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca. Their writings present an impressive panorama of the first years of a real New World that could compete with any portrayed in European novels of chivalry or travel. To put these texts in historical context, Olivera has written an introduction that links the literature of colonization in its first century to the classical and medieval myths that helped shape Spaniards' thinking about the New World. He also provides a brief history of the discovery and conquest and a discussion of the social organization of the Spanish colonies.
Author: Galen Brokaw
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 081650072X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 313
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Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy provides a much-needed overview of the life, work, and contribution of an important seventeenth-century historian. The volume explores the complexities of Alva Ixtlilxochitl's life and works, revising and broadening our understanding of his racial and cultural identity and his contribution to Mexican history.
Author: David T. Orique
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000365344
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 380
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The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolomé de las Casas’s Brevísima relación de la destruición de las Indias reinterprets Las Casas’s controversial treatise as a legal document, whose legal character is linked to civil and ecclesial genres of the Early Modern and late Renaissance juridical tradition. Bartolomé de las Casas proclaimed: "I have labored to inquire about, study, and discern the law; I have plumbed the depths and have reached the headwaters." The Unheard Voice also plumbs the depths of Las Casas’s voice of law in his widely read and highly controversial Brevísima relación—a legal document published and debated since the 16th century. This original reinterpretation of his Very Brief Account uncovers the juridical approach voiced in his defense of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas. The Unheard Voice innovatively asserts that the Brevísima relación’s legal character is intimately linked to civil and ecclesial genres of the late Renaissance juridical tradition. This paradigm-shifting book contextualizes the formation of Las Casas’s juridical voice in canon law and theology—initially as a secular cleric, subsequently as a Dominican friar, and finally as a diocesan bishop—and demonstrates how his experienced juridical voice fought for justice in trans-Atlantic debates about Indigenous peoples’ level of humanity, religious freedom, enslavement, and conquest. Reaching the headwaters of Las Casas’s hitherto unheard juridical voice of law in the Brevísima relación provides readers with a previously unheard interpretation—an appealing voice for readers and students of this powerful Early Modern text that still resonates today. The Unheard Voice of Law is a valuable companion text for many in the disciplines of literature, history, theology, law, and philosophy who read Bartolomé de las Casas’s Very Brief Account and study his life, labor, and legacy.
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 626
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Category : Philology, Modern
Languages : en
Pages : 994
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Author: James Alexander Robertson
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Includes "Bibliographical section".
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 268
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Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
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An interdisciplinary journal that publishes original research and surveys of current research on Latin America and the Caribbean.
Author: Mario Góngora
Publisher: Editorial Universitaria
ISBN: 9789561113817
Category : History
Languages : es
Pages : 302
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Author: Latin American Studies Association. International Congress
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Category : Latin America
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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