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Title:
All mankind is one : a study of the disputation between Bartolomé de Las Casas and Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda in 1550 on the intellectual and religious capacity of the American Indians / by Lewis Hanke.
Author:
Hanke, Lewis.

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566. In defense of the Indians.
Publication Information:
DeKalb, Ill. : Northern Illinois University Press, 1994, ©1974.
Call Number:
F1411 .H32 1994
Abstract:
"Intended to serve as an introduction for Dr. Stafford Poole's English translation of Bartolomé de las Casas's treatise against Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda's argument at Valladolid in 1550."
Edition:
1st pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780875805634

9780875800431
Physical Description:
xvi, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
General Note:
"Intended to serve as an introduction for Dr. Stafford Poole's English translation of Bartolomé de las Casas's treatise against Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda's argument at Valladolid"--Page [xi].
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Contents:
The nature of the American Indians according to the Spaniards. The controversy up to 1550 ; The bull Sublimis Deus ; Should Indians be educated? ; The retraction of Domingo de Betanzos ; "A deadly enemy of the Indians": the royal historican Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdes ; Oviedo's basic views on Indians -- Prelude to the battle at Valladolid between Las Casas and Sepulveda. Preliminary skirmishings, 1547- 1550 ; The sessions at Valladolid ; Sepulveda's position -- Analysis of Las Casas's Treatise. The two treatises prepared by Las Casas to combat Sepulveda ; An overview of the argument ; The first section: Las Casas's response to Sepulveda's four reasons for justifying war against the Indians in order to convert them ; The second section: Las Casas's comments on the authorities cites by Sepulveda to support his argument -- The aftermath of the conflict. Echoes of the controversy in 1573 ; Continued conflict on the capacity of the Indians ; Peanuts, polarization, polemics, and paranoia.
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