The Conquest on Trial: Carvajal's Complaint of the Indians in the Court of Death

(Part of the Latin American Originals Series)

by Micael de Carvajal and Carlos A. Jáuregui

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Michael de Carvajal's fascinating and unusual play--published by Luis Hurtado de Toledo in 1557--is a rare sixteenth-century theatrical piece about the conquest of the New World. It is a long-ignored but fundamental source for the study of Latin American cultural history. A theatrical version of the Spanish Conquest clearly influenced by Bartolom de Las Casas, the play centers on a group of American natives filing a complaint against the Spanish...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0271025131

ISBN13:9780271025131

Release Date:August 2008

Publisher:Penn State University Press

Length:160 Pages

Weight:0.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.7"

Related Subjects

16th Century Americas Europe Hispanic American Studies History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Politics & Social Sciences Social Sciences Specific Demographics

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The Conquest on Trial: Carvajal's Complaint of the Indians in the Court of Death

(Part of the Latin American Originals Series)

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