Bartholomew de Las Casas: His Life, His Apostolate, and His WritingsG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1909 - 472 Seiten |
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America amongst arrival Audiencia Bishop of Burgos bishop-elect bulls cacique captain captured Cardinal Ximenez Casas Casas's Castile cedula Chancellor Chiapa Christ Christians church city of Ciudad Ciudad Real colonists colony Columbus command conversion cruel cruelty Cuba declared depopulated destroyed Diego Diego Columbus diocese divine Domingo Dominican Dominican Order ducats encomiendas Father favour Franciscan Fray Bartholomew friars give given gold Governor Gregorio Lopez Guatemala Highness Hispaniola Historia hundred leagues hundred thousand maravedis India Council Indians Indies instructions island Jeronymites Juan justice killed King's kingdom labour land letter lord Luis Cancer Majesty maravedis massacres Mexico monks natives negroes numberless officials Pedro Pedro de Cordoba persons plains of Chiapa possession preach present priests Prince province of Chiapa received repartimientos royal sailed Samano sent Seville ship slavery slaves souls Spain Spaniards things tithes town tyranny tyrants Valladolid Velasquez
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Seite 20 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
Seite 20 - All things in common, nature should produce Without sweat or endeavour : treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine, Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth, Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Seite 99 - when solicited to encourage this commerce, peremptorily rejected the proposition, because he perceived the iniquity of reducing one race of men to slavery, when he was consulting about the means of restoring liberty to another; but Las Casas, from the inconsistency natural to men who hurry with headlong impetuosity towards a favourite point, was incapable of making this distinction.
Seite 15 - ... your highnesses, as catholic Christians and princes, lovers and promoters of the holy Christian faith, and enemies of the sect of Mahomet, and of all idolatries and heresies...
Seite 56 - I swear that numbers of men have gone to the Indies who did not deserve water from God or man.
Seite 316 - God created these simple people without evil and without guile. They are most obedient and faithful to their natural lords and to the Christians whom they serve. They are most submissive, patient, peaceful and virtuous. Nor are they quarrelsome, rancorous, querulous or vengeful. Moreover, they are more delicate than princes and die easily from work or illness. They neither possess nor desire to possess worldly wealth. Surely these people would be the most blessed...
Seite 59 - The most High is not pleased with the offerings of the wicked; neither is he pacified for sin by the multitude of sacrifices.
Seite 277 - ... this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : which say to the seers, " See not ; " and to the prophets, " Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits : get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us.
Seite 431 - His flock who are outside into the fold committed to our charge, consider, however, that the Indians are truly men and that they are not only capable of understanding the Catholic Faith, but, according to our information, they desire exceedingly to receive it.
Seite 59 - Whoso bringeth an offering of the goods of the poor doeth as one that killeth the son before his father's eyes. The bread of the needy is their life: he that defraudeth him thereof is a man of blood. He that taketh away his neighbour's living slayeth him; and he that defraudeth the labourer of his hire is a bloodshedder.