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A Study of the Disputation between Bartlome de Las Casas and Juan Gines de Sepulveda on the religious and iltellectual capacity of the American Indians.""

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Author:   Lewis Hanke
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780875805634

ISBN 10:   0875805639
Pages:   221
Publication Date:   01 August 1994
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of print, replaced by POD  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents I. The Nature of the American Indians According to the Spaniards The Controversy up to 1550 The Bull Sublimis Deus Should Indians Be Educated? The Retraction of Domingo de Betanzos A Deadly Enemy of the Indians : The Royal Historian Gonzalo Fern\u00e1ndez de Oviedo y Valdes Oviedo's Basic Views on Indians II. Prelude to the Battle At Valladolid Between Las Casas and Sep\u00faleda Preliminary Skirmishings, 1547-1550 The Sessions at Valladolid Sep\u00falveda's Position III. Analysis of Las Casas's Treatise The Two Treatises Prepared by Las Casas to Combat Sep\u00falveda An Overview of the Argument The First Section: Las Casas's Response to Sep\u00falveda's Four Reasons for Justifying War Against the Indians in Order to Convert Them The Second Section: Las Casas's Comments on the Authorities Cited by Sep\u00falveda to Support His Argument IV. The Aftermath of the Conflict Echoes of the Controversy to 1573 Continued Conflict on the Capacity of the Indians Peanuts, Polarization, Polemics, and Paranoia A Summation Appendices Bibliogrpahy and References Index

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Lewis Hanke has done more than anyone else in this century to make the 'apostle of the Indians' known to the Anglo-Saxon world. New York Review of Books Will provide the reader of Las Casas's treatise with a useful guide to the labyrinth of his thought. TLS Hanke puts Las Casas in perspective as a shaper and exponent of a movement. Latin American Research Review

Lewis Hanke has done more than anyone else in this century to make the 'apostle of the Indians' known to the Anglo-Saxon world. -- New York Review of Books Will provide the reader of Las Casas's treatise with a useful guide to the labyrinth of his thought. -- TLS Hanke puts Las Casas in perspective as a shaper and exponent of a movement. -- Latin American Research Review

<p> Lewis Hanke has done more than anyone else in this century to make the 'apostle of the Indians' known to the Anglo-Saxon world. -- New York Review of Books <p> Will provide the reader of Las Casas's treatise with a useful guide to the labyrinth of his thought. -- TLS <p> Hanke puts Las Casas in perspective as a shaper and exponent of a movement. -- Latin American Research Review

""Lewis Hanke has done more than anyone else in this century to make the 'apostle of the Indians' known to the Anglo-Saxon world.""—New York Review of Books ""Will provide the reader of Las Casas's treatise with a useful guide to the labyrinth of his thought.""—TLS ""Hanke puts Las Casas in perspective as a shaper and exponent of a movement.""—Latin American Research Review

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