Bartholomew de Las Casas; his life, apostolate, and writings

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Author

MacNutt, Francis Augustus, 1863-1927

Language

English

LoC Class

E011: History: America: America

Subject

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1474-1566

Category

Text

eBook-No.

23466

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23466

Release Date

November 13, 2007

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Preface — AUTHORITIES CONSULTED — Contents — Illustrations — CHAPTER I. - FAMILY OF LAS CASAS. EDUCATION OF BARTHOLOMEW. HIS FIRST VOYAGE TO AMERICA — CHAPTER II. - THE DISCOVERIES OF COLUMBUS. CHARACTER OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. THE BEGINNINGS OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE-TRADE — CHAPTER III. - THE COLONY OF HISPANIOLA. ARRIVAL OF LAS CASAS. CONDITION OF THE COLONISTS — CHAPTER IV. - THE DOMINICANS IN HISPANIOLA. THE ORDINATION OF LAS CASAS. THE CONQUEST OF CUBA. — CHAPTER V. - THE SERMONS OF FRAY ANTONIO DE MONTESINOS. THE AWAKENING OF LAS CASAS. PEDRO DE LA RENTERIA — CHAPTER VI. - LAS CASAS RETURNS TO SPAIN. NEGOTIATIONS. CARDINAL XIMENEZ DE CISNEROS. THE JERONYMITE COMMISSIONERS — CHAPTER VII. - LAS CASAS AND CHARLES V. THE GRAND CHANCELLOR. NEGRO SLAVERY. EVENTS AT COURT. — CHAPTER VIII. - MONSIEUR DE LAXAO. COLONISATION PROJECTS. RECRUITING EMIGRANTS. — CHAPTER IX. - KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN SPUR. THE COURT PREACHERS. FURTHER CONTROVERSIES — CHAPTER X. - THE BISHOP OF DARIEN. DEBATE WITH LAS CASAS. DISAGREEMENT WITH DIEGO COLUMBUS — CHAPTER XI. - ROYAL GRANT TO LAS CASAS. THE PEARL COAST. LAS CASAS IN HISPANIOLA. FORMATION OF A COMPANY. — CHAPTER XII. - THE IDEAL COLONY. FATE OF THE COLONISTS. FAILURE OF THE ENTERPRISE — CHAPTER XIII. - PROFESSION OF LAS CASAS. THE CACIQUE ENRIQUE. JOURNEYS OF LAS CASAS. A PEACEFUL VICTORY — CHAPTER XIV. - THE LAND OF WAR. BULL OF PAUL III. LAS CASAS IN SPAIN. THE NEW LAWS — CHAPTER XV. - THE BISHOPRICS OFFERED TO LAS CASAS. HIS CONSECRATION. HIS DEPARTURE — CHAPTER XVI. - LETTER TO PHILIP II. VOYAGE TO AMERICA. FEELING IN THE COLONIES. ARRIVAL IN CHIAPA — CHAPTER XVII. - RECEPTION OF LAS CASAS IN HIS DIOCESE. EVENTS IN CIUDAD REAL. THE INDIANS OF CHIAPA — CHAPTER XVIII. - LAS CASAS REVISITS THE LAND OF WAR. AUDIENCIA OF THE CONFINES. EVENTS AT CIUDAD REAL. LAS CASAS RETURNS — CHAPTER XIX. - OPPOSITION TO LAS CASAS. HE LEAVES CIUDAD REAL. THE MEXICAN SYNOD — CHAPTER XX. - LAS CASAS ARRIVES AT VALLADOLID. THE THIRTY PROPOSITIONS. DEBATE WITH GINES DE SEPULVEDA — CHAPTER XXI. - SAN GREGORIO DE VALLADOLID. LAST LABOURS. THE DEATH OF LAS CASAS — APPENDIX I. - THE BREVISSIMA RELACION
2. 2.TO THE MOST HIGH AND MIGHTY LORD, THE PRINCE OF THE SPANISH STATES.
3. 3.BREVISSIMA RELACION OR SHORT REPORT OF THE DESTRUCTION OF THE INDIES
4. 4.Of Hispaniola
5. 5.The Kingdoms that were in Hispaniola
6. 6.The Two Islands of San Juan and Jamaica
7. 7.The Island of Cuba
8. 8.The Mainland
9. 9.The Province of Nicaragua
10. 10.New Spain
11. 11.The Province and Kingdom of Guatemala
12. 12.New Spain and Panuco and Xalisco
13. 13.The Kingdom of Yucatan
14. 14.The Province of Santa Maria
15. 15.The Province of Cartagena
16. 16.Paria, and the Island of Trinidad
17. 17.The Yuyapari River
18. 18.The Kingdom of Venezuela
19. 19.The Provinces of that Part of the Continent which is Called Florida
20. 20.Rio della Plata
21. 21.The Vast Kingdoms and Great Provinces of Peru
22. 22.Of the New Kingdom of Granada
23. 23.The Year M.D.LII
24. 24.LETTER — APPENDIX II. - THE BULL SUBLIMIS DEUS — Latin Text 106
25. 25.Translation — APPENDIX III. - ROYAL ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE DEPARTURE OF LAS CASAS FROM SPAIN AND FOR HIS RECEPTION IN THE INDIES 107

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