AUTHORITIES CONSULTED
Principal authorities consulted in the preparation of this work:
| Antonio de Remesal, Historia de la Provincia de San Vicente de Chiyapa, 1619. | |
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| Davila Padilla, Historia de la Fundacion, etc., 1625. | |
| Antonio de Herrera, Historia General de las Indias Occidentales, 1601. | |
| Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo y Valdéz (in Ramusio). Motolinia in volume i. of Icazbalceta's Documentos Ineditos. | |
| Juan de Torquemada, Monarquia Indiana, 1614. | |
| Agostino de Vetancourt, Teatro Mexicano, 1698. | |
| Fray Domingo Marquez, Sacro Diario Dominicano, 1697. | |
| J.A. Llorenta, Œuvres de Las Casas, 1822. | |
| José Antonio Saco, Historia de la Esclavitud, 1875-78. | |
| Manuel José Quintana, Vidas de Españoles Celebres, 1845. | |
| Carlos Gutierrez, Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, sus Tiempos y su Apostolado, 1878. | |
| Antonio Maria Fabié, Vida y Escritos de Don Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas, 1879. | |
| Sir Arthur Helps, The Spanish Conquest in America. | |
| Henry Stevens, The New Laws of the Indies, 1893. | |
| Aristotle, Politics (Canon Weldon's translation). | |
| William Robertson, History of America. History of Charles V. | |
| Fléchier, Vie de Ximenez. | |
| Marsollier, Vie de Ximenez. | |
| Baudier, Histoire de Ximenez. | |
| Henry Harrisse, Notes on Columbus. | |
| Justin Winsor's Narrative and Critical History of America. | |
| John Boyd Thatcher'sChristopher Columbus. |
Contents
- [Preface]
- [AUTHORITIES CONSULTED]
- [CHAPTER I. - FAMILY OF LAS CASAS. EDUCATION OF BARTHOLOMEW. HIS FIRST VOYAGE TO AMERICA]
- [CHAPTER II. - THE DISCOVERIES OF COLUMBUS. CHARACTER OF THE AMERICAN INDIANS. THE BEGINNINGS OF SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE-TRADE]
- [CHAPTER III. - THE COLONY OF HISPANIOLA. ARRIVAL OF LAS CASAS. CONDITION OF THE COLONISTS]
- [CHAPTER IV. - THE DOMINICANS IN HISPANIOLA. THE ORDINATION OF LAS CASAS. THE CONQUEST OF CUBA.]
- [CHAPTER V. - THE SERMONS OF FRAY ANTONIO DE MONTESINOS. THE AWAKENING OF LAS CASAS. PEDRO DE LA RENTERIA]
- [CHAPTER VI. - LAS CASAS RETURNS TO SPAIN. NEGOTIATIONS. CARDINAL XIMENEZ DE CISNEROS. THE JERONYMITE COMMISSIONERS]
- [CHAPTER VII. - LAS CASAS AND CHARLES V. THE GRAND CHANCELLOR. NEGRO SLAVERY. EVENTS AT COURT.]
- [CHAPTER VIII. - MONSIEUR DE LAXAO. COLONISATION PROJECTS. RECRUITING EMIGRANTS.]
- [CHAPTER IX. - KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN SPUR. THE COURT PREACHERS. FURTHER CONTROVERSIES]
- [CHAPTER X. - THE BISHOP OF DARIEN. DEBATE WITH LAS CASAS. DISAGREEMENT WITH DIEGO COLUMBUS]
- [CHAPTER XI. - ROYAL GRANT TO LAS CASAS. THE PEARL COAST. LAS CASAS IN HISPANIOLA. FORMATION OF A COMPANY.]
- [CHAPTER XII. - THE IDEAL COLONY. FATE OF THE COLONISTS. FAILURE OF THE ENTERPRISE]
- [CHAPTER XIII. - PROFESSION OF LAS CASAS. THE CACIQUE ENRIQUE. JOURNEYS OF LAS CASAS. A PEACEFUL VICTORY]
- [CHAPTER XIV. - THE LAND OF WAR. BULL OF PAUL III. LAS CASAS IN SPAIN. THE NEW LAWS]
- [CHAPTER XV. - THE BISHOPRICS OFFERED TO LAS CASAS. HIS CONSECRATION. HIS DEPARTURE]
- [CHAPTER XVI. - LETTER TO PHILIP II. VOYAGE TO AMERICA. FEELING IN THE COLONIES. ARRIVAL IN CHIAPA]
- [CHAPTER XVII. - RECEPTION OF LAS CASAS IN HIS DIOCESE. EVENTS IN CIUDAD REAL. THE INDIANS OF CHIAPA]
- [CHAPTER XVIII. - LAS CASAS REVISITS THE LAND OF WAR. AUDIENCIA OF THE CONFINES. EVENTS AT CIUDAD REAL. LAS CASAS RETURNS]
- [CHAPTER XIX. - OPPOSITION TO LAS CASAS. HE LEAVES CIUDAD REAL. THE MEXICAN SYNOD]
- [CHAPTER XX. - LAS CASAS ARRIVES AT VALLADOLID. THE THIRTY PROPOSITIONS. DEBATE WITH GINES DE SEPULVEDA]
- [CHAPTER XXI. - SAN GREGORIO DE VALLADOLID. LAST LABOURS. THE DEATH OF LAS CASAS]
- [APPENDIX I. - THE BREVISSIMA RELACION]
- [APPENDIX II. - THE BULL SUBLIMIS DEUS]
- [APPENDIX III. - ROYAL ORDINANCES PROVIDING FOR THE DEPARTURE OF LAS CASAS FROM SPAIN AND FOR HIS RECEPTION IN THE INDIES]