Defending the Conquest
Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests
Will be published approx. on 15. December 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-271-02937-5 (ISBN)
Description
Of great benefit for scholars and teachers, this is the first English translation and critical edition of a rare refutation of Bartolome de las Casas's famous 1552 Brief Account of the Destruction of the Indies, one of the most influential texts of the sixteenth century. The Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests, written by the Spanish soldier Bernardo de Vargas Machuca about 1603, provides valuable insights into the other side of the debate over the morality of the Spanish conquest.
Reviews / Votes
"While all the world has heard of Bartolome de las Casas, the 'Apostle of the Indians,' few have heard of the crusty and garrulous Spanish captain Bernardo de Vargas Machuca, who, in a state of high indignation, set out to refute the Dominican's depiction of the Spanish conquest of America as an unremitting chronicle of atrocities. But if we are to get a fair picture of the extraordinary events surrounding the conquest, it is important that the voices of those who took issue with Las Casas be heard. The editor and translator of Defending the Conquest have therefore performed a great service in making available to a modern readership this most politically incorrect of conquest histories. Like the gripping stories of Las Casas, those of Vargas Machuca may also have something of value to tell us."-Sir John Elliott, Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Oxford
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
2 Maps
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
286 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-271-02937-5 (9780271029375)
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Persons
Kris Lane is Professor of History at the College of William and Mary.
Timothy F. Johnson is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish at the University of California, Davis.
Timothy F. Johnson is a graduate student and teaching assistant in the Department of Spanish at the University of California, Davis.
Content
Contents
Foreword
Preface
Introduction to Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests
Kris Lane
Note on the Translation
Timothy F. Johnson
Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests
Bernardo de Vargas Machuca
Translated by Timothy F. Johnson
Bibliography
Index
Foreword
Preface
Introduction to Bernardo de Vargas Machuca's Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests
Kris Lane
Note on the Translation
Timothy F. Johnson
Defense and Discourse of the Western Conquests
Bernardo de Vargas Machuca
Translated by Timothy F. Johnson
Bibliography
Index