Bartolomé de Las Casas: A Biography

by Lawrence A. Clayton

Book Overview

The Dominican priest Bartolom de las Casas (1485-1566) was a prominent chronicler of the early Spanish conquest of the Americas, a noted protector of the American Indians, and arguably the most significant figure in the early Spanish Empire after Christopher Columbus. Following an epiphany in 1514, Las Casas fought the Spanish control of the Indies for the rest of his life, writing vividly about the brutality of the Spanish conquistadors. Once a...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107001218
• ISBN13: 9781107001213
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.1"