Bartolomé de Las Casas
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: Renaissance
- Categories: Government and Politics, Literature, Publishing, Religion, Ethics, Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Colonialism, Colonies, Settlements, Invasions, Raids, Conquests, Sieges, Priests, Ministers, Clergy
- Curriculum: Renaissance History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, Spanish/Portuguese History
Article abstract: Las Casas wrote a history of the early Spanish conquests in the New World and participated in the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean. Concerned with the plight of the Indians, he spent more than fifty years attempting to free the Indians from the oppression of their European conquerors, working to destroy the encomienda system and finding new ways of converting the Indians to Christianity.
Early Life
Bartolomé de Las Casas was born in Seville in 1474 into the family of a not very successful merchant, Pedro de Las Casas, who sailed with...
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