RHETOR 151 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Bartolomé De Las Casas, Golden Legend
28 Mar 2017
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From its inception, the new world was shaped by the intense interactions between colonizers and colonized - defined by the hegemonic european domination on the shoulders of the members of the religious orders in the new territory. Fray bartolome de las casas - champion of rightful and lost causes . Without legal mechanisms, responsibility of protecting the natives feel. Few participants generated as much controversy and attention, as once adored and demonized, from both contemporaries and modern students as lc. Identified also as the progenitor of the black legend of the. Letenda aurea (golden legend) - attempt to exalt the virtues of. Fact that the creation of the black legend is credited almost exclusively to lc tends to limit all interpretations of the friar. Lc and his creed adopted by many people to validate their creeds at different times and for different purposes. Defenders and opponents of the black legend.
