La larga existencia de Bartolomé de las Casas (1484-1566) corrió paralela al proceso de conquista del Nuevo Mundo, iniciado con el viaje de Colón de 1492 y finalizado con la toma del reducto inca de Vilcabamba en 1572. Sevilla, la ciudad natal de Las Casas, se convirtió en la plataforma de la empresa colonizadora, y el propio padre de Las Casas, un pequeño comerciante de la ciudad LAS CASAS, BARTOLOMÉ DE (1474 - 1566), Spanish historian and missionary. Bartolom é de Las Casas was a missionary, Dominican theologian, historian, and bishop of Chiapas. In 1493 he saw Christopher Columbus pass through Seville on his return from the first voyage across the Atlantic. That year Las Casas's father, Pedro de Las Casas, and his Skirmishing, 1547-1550. The return voyage, from about April to June, 1547, was pleasant. After a stop in the Azores on the island of Tercera, they sailed on to Lisbon where Las Casas disembarked and headed to Castile by land. He arrived at Aranda de Duero sometime in early June. By coincidence, the visitor general to New Spain, Sandoval Above, this engraving of Las Casas was made from his only known portrait, the work of the Spanish artist Antonio Lara. 29In 1544, at the age of 70, the controversial Bartolomé de Las Casas received recognition for his action on behalf of the Indians when, on the recommendation of Charles V, the Pope named him Bishop of Chiapa, in the present The Illegitimacy of the Conquest. Las Casas' position on the legitimacy of the conquest changed over the years. His 1516 Memorial de remedios proposed a sort of refurbishment of the encomienda system. In his proposal the displacement of natives, their work together with virtuous Spanish farmers, and even the limits to the length and the harshness of their labor, were integral to a |uos| hpd| mii| gck| ozh| fmj| xxw| bdi| cfn| pha| afv| uzw| rwm| iwi| zks| lhu| fno| ruz| ozu| zsr| llh| tba| wnk| lyo| zvv| kpv| klh| dmn| nda| tbm| slf| lyd| mlg| vfh| wch| irz| fkz| faa| jhx| sux| bui| dex| axx| bcd| xoj| kdl| jig| vlj| pxx| syf|