Thoughts of Bartolomé de Las Casas in Indigenist Discourse. A compared Perspective of European Colonies in the Americas

This work analyzes the reflections carried out in the European colonies in the America on the nature and rights of indigenous preoples. This debate held between the friar Bartolomé de las Casas and the treatise writer Ginés de Sepúlveda during the first decades of the sixteenth century, on Indian ra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Mayer, Alicia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:México
Institución:EL COLEGIO DE MÉXICO
Repositorio:Historia Mexicana
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.historiamexicana.colmex.mx:article/19
Acceso en línea:https://historiamexicana.colmex.mx/index.php/RHM/article/view/19
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:America
de las Casas
indians
16th Century
América
indígenas
siglo XVI
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Sumario:This work analyzes the reflections carried out in the European colonies in the America on the nature and rights of indigenous preoples. This debate held between the friar Bartolomé de las Casas and the treatise writer Ginés de Sepúlveda during the first decades of the sixteenth century, on Indian rational capacity and the integration of Indians into the Christian congregation, became a referent both in Spanish colonies and in French and English possessions. Local an regional circumstances determined the way in which each nation undertook its civilizational and evangelical activities.