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by Bartolomé de Las Casas, Ramón Xirau · Alianza · tapa blanda · 216 pages
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Este libro es una antología de textos de varios autores del siglo XVI, incluyendo a Bartolomé de las Casas, Bernardino de Sahagún y Juan de Zumárraga, entre otros. Los textos seleccionados ofrecen una visión crítica y reflexiva sobre la conquista y colonización de América, así como sobre los derechos de los indígenas y la justicia en la Nueva España. El libro incluye un prólogo, selección y notas de Ramón Xirau.
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP ; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola as a layman, then became a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the Caribbean islands. He described and railed against the atrocities committed by the conquistadores against the Indigenous peoples.
