Defending the Conquest: Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests

Of great benefit for scholars and teachers, this is the first English translation and critical edition of a rare refutation of Bartolomé de las Casas's famous 1552 Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, one of the most influential texts of the sixteenth century. The Defense and Discour...

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Weitere beteiligte Personen: Johnson, Timothy F. (MitwirkendeR), Lane, Kris (MitwirkendeR, HerausgeberIn), Vargas Machuca, Bernardo de (MitwirkendeR)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: University Park, PA Penn State University Press [2021]
Schriftenreihe:Latin American Originals 4
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780271056500
Zusammenfassung:Of great benefit for scholars and teachers, this is the first English translation and critical edition of a rare refutation of Bartolomé de las Casas's famous 1552 Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, one of the most influential texts of the sixteenth century. The Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests, written by the Spanish soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca about 1603, provides valuable insights into the other side of the debate over the morality of the Spanish conquest
Beschreibung:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Jul 2021)
Umfang:1 online resource (176 pages) 2 maps
ISBN:9780271056500
DOI:10.1515/9780271056500