Bibframe Work
TitleBartolomé de las Casas statement of opinionOther Titles (e.g. Variant)Parecer de fray br.me delas Casas (At head of text)Parecer de fray Bartolomé de las CasasMemorial de remedios (Also known as)Letter of Bartolomé de Las Casas (1474-1566) to the Holy Roman Emperor Charles (1500-1558) (Also known as)TypeTextManuscriptMonographNotelanguage: In Spanish.SummaryStatement of opinion (AMs) drafted in Spain for Charles V for presentation to the Council of the Indies. "In the four sections of the document, Las Casas reminded the junta of the need to abolish the encomienda and to incorporate Indians as free vassals of the Crown; to colonize the New World territories with farmers; to abolish indigenous slavery; and to cease armed conquests. ... that Indians be resettled and placed under the care of friars who would be charged with their evangelization through rational and peaceful methods." See David Orique, "New Discoveries about an Old Manuscript: The Date, Place of Origin, and Role of the Parecer de fray Bartolomé de las Casas in the Making of the New Laws of the Indies." Colonial Latin American Historical Review 15, 4 (2006): 419. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/clahr/vol15/iss4/3Origin Date(s)1542 Authorized Access PointCasas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566 Bartolomé de las Casas statement of opinion