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Defending the Conquest : Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests / ed. by Kris Lane.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Latin American Originals ; 4Publisher: University Park, PA : Penn State University Press, [2021]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (176 p.) : 2 mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780271056500
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 970.01509199999998
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction to Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense of the Western Conquests, or Apologetic Discourses -- A Note on the Translation -- Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Of great benefit for scholars and teachers, this is the first English translation and critical edition of a rare refutation of Bartolomé de las Casas's famous 1552 Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, one of the most influential texts of the sixteenth century. The Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests, written by the Spanish soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca about 1603, provides valuable insights into the other side of the debate over the morality of the Spanish conquest.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction to Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense of the Western Conquests, or Apologetic Discourses -- A Note on the Translation -- Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests -- Bibliography -- Index

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Of great benefit for scholars and teachers, this is the first English translation and critical edition of a rare refutation of Bartolomé de las Casas's famous 1552 Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, one of the most influential texts of the sixteenth century. The Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests, written by the Spanish soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca about 1603, provides valuable insights into the other side of the debate over the morality of the Spanish conquest.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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