Abstract

SANCHOLUZ, Carolina. The Brevíssima relación de la destruyción de las Indias of fray Bartolomé de las Casas: from the allegation to the rhetoric of cruelty. Latinoamérica [online]. 2013, n.57, pp.189-212. ISSN 2448-6914.

This article examines the most famous text by Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, the Brevíssima relación de la destruyción de las Indias, in its historical frame (1542, 1552). It also takes into consideration its impact on other contexts, particularly at the time of emancipatory ideas of the American countries in the nineteenth century. Moreover, we attend to the legal discourse and the dialectical movement that takes place between the allegation and the rhetoric of cruelty and violence.

Keywords : Las Casas; Allegation; Conquest; Indies; Violence.