Bartolomé de las Casas

Encounters: Spanish vs. Native Americans When coming to the new world, the Spaniards and the Native Americans had unpleasant and also acceptable encounters. Ramón Pané and Bartolomé de las Casas were Spanish friars who traveled to the new world and had different depictions of and encounters with the Native Americans. A Dutch engraver, Theodor de Bry never traveled to the new world but had his own depictions of the Native Americans based on Spanish accounts. Ramón Pané focused on the religion…

hand experiences from authors of the time, it is clear that they either had different experiences with the indigenous people, or they interpreted the experiences in conflicting ways. This paper will compare and contrast two primary sources— Bartolomé de Las Casas’ Apologetic History of the Indies and…

Both N. Scott Momaday and Bartolome De la Casas respected the Natives’ culture; however, John Smith and Christopher Columbus viewed themselves superior to the ‘ignorant’ Natives. To start, Momaday and De la Casas appreciate the Native’s unique history and culture. Momaday illustrates his admiration for his family tribe the Kiowas for maintaining their culture despite the struggles and European influence in “The Rainy Mountain”. For instance, even though his grandmother became “a Christian…

discovering the Natives, Columbus stays true to his beliefs, “It appears to me...that they’d...become Christians”(Columbus 6). After the discovery of America, Bartolome de Las Casas comes to the defense of the Natives and their religion, “...no one is forced to accept the faith of Christ...nor is he punished if he omits it” (de Las Casas 1). De Las Casas explains that forcing the Natives to become apart of their society is against moral obligation.…

The las Casas reading and his account of Christian action in the New World is an excellent source for this analysis. Bartolomé de las Casas was a friar of the Dominican order that traveled to the New World with the purpose of converting the Native Americans. Arriving as one of the first European settlers, he initially participated…

With all the wrongs that were created by the Christians, de las Casa believed that “it is the duty of the king, with greatest study and vigilant industry, to root them out…” (“Bartolomé De Las Casas A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies”, pg 1). In the text, he mentioned that those who had called themselves Christians were not following what God and His Church wanted;…

farming, they took advantage of their easiness of farming and created larger plantations to create bigger markets. Unfortunately along with the perks of trading these goods, diseases like the common and warfare were brought upon the new lands. Bartolome de las Casa observed the…

Genocide of the Indies as Described by Las Casas A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies, was written by Bartolome de las Casas to attempt to stop the genocide that was being committed to the natives by his people. The book shares many episodes of acts of genocide. These acts correspond with the definition of the United Nations definition of genocide by as the U.N. themselves list the acts of, “…Killing members of the group; Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;…

color and race. Documents from the explorer Prince Henry “the Navigator” give us not just evidence of European stereotypes of other races, but also stereotypes towards Europeans from another race’s point of view. Bartolomé de la Casas’ accounts do suggest that while…

The film Even the Rain presents a clear parallel between the events of the Bolivian Water War and the days of Spanish colonialism. From Christopher Columbus to Bartolome de Las Casas, the ideas of those early Spanish Conquistadors can be seen in the neocolonialism of western companies and neoliberalism of the Bolivian Government during the water crisis. The filmmaker is trying to argue that history is repeating itself across Latin America, with the violence in Bolivia being the latest example of…