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De entre los textos indianos, la Brevisima relacion de la destruccion de las Indias, del padre Bartolome de las Casas, es con diferencia la obra mas conocida y difundida. Abordar esta obra requiere huir del anacronismo y demostrar la vigencia de sus ideas, pues mas alla de su contenido, que dio origen a la leyenda negra contra Espana, sus paginas, que desvelan los abusos sufridos por el universo indigena de la mano del mundo blanco, inciden aun en una cuestion sin resolver. La edicion de esta obra de referencia ineludible para el continente americano ha corrido a cargo de Trinidad Barrera. --Los editores
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The painful and violent testimony of cruelties incurred by the Spanish conquistadors in the new world, concisely depicted by Bartolomé de Las Casas in his "Brevísima relación de la destruyción de las Indias", is both a terrible accusation and a warning addressed at Prince Phillip of Spain.
By accumulating descriptions of atrocities, slaughters and tortures, while emphasizing the deep contrast between the goodness of the natives and the evil spirit of the conquistadors, the dominic priest prophesizes apocalyptic consequences to fall upon Spain as results of the horrors perpetrated by the colonizers, driven by greed and ambition instead of the desire to evangelize and protect the "new souls". With his revolutionary writing Las Casas intended to share his indignation facing such unjust and unmerciful behaviours, which he attributed to the "encomiendas" colonial regime, while advocating for a human and pacific evangelization. As he had recently done during the famous Valladolid Controversy, he tried to awaken consciences, reaffirming his humanism and universalism through his relentless mission as defender of the oppressed people. Spain’s political and religious foes took advantage of this libel, integrating it into what would be known as the Spanish Conquest "black legend", so it’s author became the victim of criticism and resent by Spaniards, who considered that he had contributed to the discredit of his own fatherland.
By accumulating descriptions of atrocities, slaughters and tortures, while emphasizing the deep contrast between the goodness of the natives and the evil spirit of the conquistadors, the dominic priest prophesizes apocalyptic consequences to fall upon Spain as results of the horrors perpetrated by the colonizers, driven by greed and ambition instead of the desire to evangelize and protect the "new souls". With his revolutionary writing Las Casas intended to share his indignation facing such unjust and unmerciful behaviours, which he attributed to the "encomiendas" colonial regime, while advocating for a human and pacific evangelization. As he had recently done during the famous Valladolid Controversy, he tried to awaken consciences, reaffirming his humanism and universalism through his relentless mission as defender of the oppressed people. Spain’s political and religious foes took advantage of this libel, integrating it into what would be known as the Spanish Conquest "black legend", so it’s author became the victim of criticism and resent by Spaniards, who considered that he had contributed to the discredit of his own fatherland.
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