Bartolomé de las Casas

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Bartolomé de las Casas was a 16th-century Spanish Dominican friar and historian renowned for his advocacy for the rights and humane treatment of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.

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Bartolomé de las Casas canonical 12
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Dominican friar ⓘ
Spanish writer ⓘ
advocate for Indigenous rights ⓘ
historian ⓘ
human ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
social reformer ⓘ
advocatedFor abolition of Indigenous slavery ⓘ
birthName Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Crown of Castile ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1484 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1566-07-18 ⓘ
describedAs Protector of the Indians ⓘ
educatedAt University of Salamanca ⓘ
endTime 1547 ⓘ
era 16th century ⓘ
Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
influenced early international human rights discourse ⓘ
later abolitionist movements ⓘ
knownFor critique of Spanish colonial abuses ⓘ
defense of Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ
early advocacy of human rights ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Dominican Order ⓘ
linked to: Dominican friars

Order of Preachers ⓘ
movement School of Salamanca ⓘ
name Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
nativeLanguage Spanish ⓘ
notableWork A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies ⓘ
Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias ⓘ
Historia de las Indias ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
friar ⓘ
historian ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
opponentInDebate Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda ⓘ
opposed encomienda system ⓘ
participatedIn Valladolid debate ⓘ
placeOfBirth Crown of Castile ⓘ
Seville ⓘ
placeOfDeath Madrid ⓘ
Spain ⓘ
positionHeld Bishop of Chiapas ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sexOrGender male ⓘ
startTime 1544 ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

New Laws of 1542 → influencedBy → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Valladolid debate → hasParticipant → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Valladolid debate → hasProponent → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Order of Preachers → notableMember → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Padre Las Casas → namedAfter → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Bartolomé de las Casas → name → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Bartolomé de las Casas → birthName → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
encomenderos in the Americas → criticizedBy → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Alta Verapaz Department → hasMunicipality → Fray Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
linked to: Bartolomé de las Casas
Apología → author → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Democrates Secundus → criticizedBy → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda → opposedBy → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ
Fray Antonio de Montesinos → influenced → Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ