Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española

The objective of the present study is to highlight the role played by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas in the process of defining the office of the defensor de indios –Defender of the Indians– in the Americas and in the Council of the Indies in Spain. We pretend to demonstrate that what was at stake was...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ca55fb79665041d1a6559edfe531f9e22021-12-02T10:32:41ZFray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española1626-025210.4000/nuevomundo.63939https://doaj.org/article/ca55fb79665041d1a6559edfe531f9e22012-09-01T00:00:00Zhttp://journals.openedition.org/nuevomundo/63939https://doaj.org/toc/1626-0252The objective of the present study is to highlight the role played by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas in the process of defining the office of the defensor de indios –Defender of the Indians– in the Americas and in the Council of the Indies in Spain. We pretend to demonstrate that what was at stake was an ambitious plan aimed at improving the level of Indian representation in the colonial institutions on both sides of the Atlantic. In this political struggle, Las Casas did not act solely by himself, rather he became the center of a partisan network –among which were found clericals and civilians, Spanish and Indians–, who favored the position of defensor de indios.Caroline CunillCentre de Recherches sur les Mondes AméricainsarticleBartolomé de las CasasDefender of the Indiansindigenous representationAnthropologyGN1-890Latin America. Spanish AmericaF1201-3799ENFRPTNuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos (2012)
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topic Bartolomé de las Casas
Defender of the Indians
indigenous representation
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
spellingShingle Bartolomé de las Casas
Defender of the Indians
indigenous representation
Anthropology
GN1-890
Latin America. Spanish America
F1201-3799
Caroline Cunill
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española
description The objective of the present study is to highlight the role played by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas in the process of defining the office of the defensor de indios –Defender of the Indians– in the Americas and in the Council of the Indies in Spain. We pretend to demonstrate that what was at stake was an ambitious plan aimed at improving the level of Indian representation in the colonial institutions on both sides of the Atlantic. In this political struggle, Las Casas did not act solely by himself, rather he became the center of a partisan network –among which were found clericals and civilians, Spanish and Indians–, who favored the position of defensor de indios.
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title Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española
title_short Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española
title_full Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española
title_fullStr Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española
title_full_unstemmed Fray Bartolomé de las Casas y el oficio de defensor de indios en América y en la Corte española
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