Collection ID: 0042 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

Title

Authors

• Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 (http://viaf.org/viaf/46758461)

Other related names

• Fischer, August Gottlieb Ludwig, 1825-1887, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/47515861)
• Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/73979081)
• Gayangos, Pascual de 1809-1897, former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/304158648)
• Kislak, Jay I., former owner (http://viaf.org/viaf/100551485)

Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

Call number

Alternate identifiers

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2007574376

Publisher

Language

Origin

Place

Spain

Summary

This memorial by Las Casas was written during July and August of 1542, and orally presented to the emperor and the Junta (at their request) in early September of 1542. This manuscript contains Las Casas' concise culminating statement to advise and remind the emperor and the Junta of the major issues that should be addressed in new ordinances for the Americas. These issues pertained to the status of Indigenous peoples as vassals of the Crown, the settlement of the Spaniards, the abolition of slavery, the character of conquests and of future discoveries, as well as the necessity of peaceful evangelization in word and deed.

Foliation

Support

Provenance

• Appears as lot 2954 in Puttick & Simpson's June 1, 1869 auction catalogue of Augustin Fischer's collection: Bibliotheca Mejicana : a catalogue of an extraordinary collection of books & manuscripts, almost wholly relating to the history and literature of North and South America, particularly Mexico. Purchased by Sir Thomas Phillipps and given his ms. number 21242. Purchased by Pascual de Gayangos y Arce after Phillipps' death. Purchased in 1966 by Jay I. Kislak and presented by him to the Library of Congress in 2008.
   

Subjects topical

• Indians, Treatment of--Latin America--Early works to 1800
• Spain--Colonies--America
• Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
• Consejo de Indias (Spain)

Keywords

• Geography
• 16th century

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