CMLT 277 Lecture 2: DeLasCasas Lecture
4 Oct 2015
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To: price philip of spain. From: de las casas (a new world bishop) Cc: sep lveda, catholics, advisors & the court, us (the future readers) Subject: defense of the indians & catholic mission. God"s will & the christian mission. Their mission of civilizing the new world. Interests of crown & empire: four types of barbarians- , by anger and hatred. Cruel & inhumane behavior, wild & merciless. Ruled by emotion, not reason: by circumstance. Does not understand what is being said/has no written language. Doesn"t match up with the written language of spain: by no rule of law. No institutions (marriage, commerce, friendship) Slaves by nature : by not seeing christ. Hopes that this can change all the types/be connected. Killing off the people & using violence ruins everything that they"re trying to do . Comment [2]: these people are not all the same. Someone who is type 1 isn"t always type 2 etc.
