BARTOLOME DE See also:

• LAS

LAS CASAS (1474-1566)  , for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of Chiapa in See also:

• MEXICO
• MEXICO (Span. Mejico, or Mexico,)
• MEXICO, FEDERAL DISTRICT OF
• MEXICO, GULF OF

Mexico, and known to posterity as " The Apostle of the Indies," was a native of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville . His See also:

• FATHER

father, one of the companions of See also:

• COLUMBUS
• COLUMBUS, CHRISTOPHER [in Spanish CRISTOBAL COLON] (c. 1446, or perhaps rather 1451, -15o6)

Columbus in the voyage which resulted in the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the New See also:

• WORLD

World, sent him to See also:

• SALAMANCA
• SALAMANCA (anc. Salmantica or Elmantica)

Salamanca, where he graduated . In 1498 he accompanied his father inan expedition under Columbus to the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Indies, and in 1502 he went with See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas de Ovando, the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor, to Hayti, where in 1510 he was admitted to See also:

• HOLY

holy orders, being the first See also:

• PRIEST (Ger. Priester, Fr. pretre)

priest ordained in the See also:

• AMERICAN

American colonies . In 1511 he passed over to See also:

• CUBA (the aboriginal name)

Cuba to take See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• WORK

work of " See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population and pacification," and in 1513 or 1514 he witnessed and vainly endeavoured to check the See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre of See also:

• INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN

Indians at Caonao . Soon afterwards there was assigned to him and his friend Renteria a large See also:

• VILLAGE

village in the neighbourhood of Zagua, with a number of Indians attached to it in what was known as repartimiento (See also:

• ALLOTMENT (from O. Fr. a and toter, to divide by lot)

allotment); like the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his countrymen he made the most of this opportunity for growing See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich, but occasionally celebrated See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass axa,d preached . Soon, however, having become convinced of the injustice connected with the repartimiento See also:

• SYSTEM

system, he began to preach against it, at the same time giving up his own slaves . With the consent of his partner he resolved to go to See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain on behalf of the op. pressed natives, and the result of his representations was that in 1516 See also:

• CARDINAL (Lat. cardinalis)

Cardinal See also:

• JIMENES (or XIMENES) DE CISNEROS, FRANCISCO (1436-1517)

Jimenes caused a See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission to be sent out for the reform of abuses, See also:

• LAS

Las Casas himself, with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " See also:

• PROTECTOR

protector of the Indians," being appointed to advise and See also:

• REPORT (O.Fr. report or raport, modern rapport, from O.Fr. reporter, mod. rap porter, Lat. reportare, to bring back, in poetical use only, of bringing back an account, news, &c.)

report on them . This commission had not been See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long at See also:

• SAN

San Domingo before Las Casas perceived the indifference of his coadjutors to the cause which he himself had at See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart, and See also:

• JULY

July 1517 found him again in Spain, where he See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed his See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme for the See also:

• COMPLETE

complete liberation of the Indians—a scheme which not only included facilities for See also:

• EMIGRATION (from Lat. emigrare; e, ex, out of, and migrare, to depart)

emigration from Spain, but was intended to give to each See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• RESIDENT

resident in the colonies the right of importing twelve See also:

• NEGRO (from Lat. eager, black)

negro slaves . The emigration See also:

• MOVEMENT

movement proved a failure, and Las Casas lived long enough to See also:

• EXPRESS (through the French from the past participle of the Lat. exprimere, to press out, by transference used of representing objects in painting or sculpture, or of thoughts, &c. in words)

express his shame for having been so slow to see that Africans were as much entitled to freedom as were the natives of the New World . Overwhelmed with disappointment, he retired to the Dominican monastery in See also:

• HAITI [HAITI, HAYTI, SAN DOMINGO, Or HISPANIOLA]

Haiti; he joined the See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order in 1522 and devoted eight years to study . About 1530 he appears to have revisited the Spanish See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court, but on what precise errand is not known; the confusion concerning this See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of his See also:

• LIFE

life extends to the time when, after visits to Mexico, See also:

• NICARAGUA

Nicaragua, See also:

• PERU
• PERU (apparently from Biru, a small river on the west coast of Colombia, where Pizarro landed)

Peru and See also:

• GUATEMALA (sometimes incorrectly written GUATIMALA)
• GUATEMALA, or GUATEMALA LA NUEVA (i.e. " New Guatemala," sometimes written Nueva Guatemala, and formerly Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala)

Guatemala, he undertook an expedition in 1537 into Tuzulutlan, the inhabitants of which were, chiefly through his tact, peaceably converted to See also:

• CHRISTIANITY

Christianity, mass being celebrated for the first time amongst them in the newly founded See also:

• TOWN

town of Rabinal in 1538 . In 1539 Las Casas was sent to Spain to obtain Dominican recruits, and through Loaysa, See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the order, and See also:

• CONFESSOR

confessor of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V., he was successful in obtaining royal orders and letters favouring his enterprise .

During this stay in See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, which lasted more than four years, he visited See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany to see the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor; he also (1542) wrote his Veynte Razones, in See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of the liberties of the Indians and the Brevisima Relation de la Destruycion See also:

• DES

des las Indias occidentales, the latter of which was published some twelve years later . In 1543 he refused the Mexican bishopric of See also:

• CUZCO

Cuzco, but was prevailed upon to accept that of Chiapa, for which he sailed in 1544 . Thwarted at every point by the officials, and outraged by his countrymen in his See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to carry out the new See also:

• LAWS

laws which his humanity had procured, he returned to Spain and resigned his dignity (1547) . In 1550 he met Sepi1lveda in public debate on the theses See also:

• DRAWN

drawn from the recently published Apologia See also:

• PRO

pro libro de justis See also:

• BELLI, GIUSEPPE GIOACHINO (1791-1863)

belli causis, in which the latter had maintained the lawfulness of waging unprovoked See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war upon the natives of the New World . The course of the discussion may be traced in the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of. the Disputa contained in the Obras (1552) . In 1565 Las Casas successfully remonstrated with See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II. against the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial project for selling the reversion of the encomiendas—a project which would have involved the Indians in hopeless bondage . In July of the following See also:

• YEAR

year he died at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid, whither he had gone to urge (and with success) the See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity of restoring a court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice which had been suppressed in Guatemala . His Historia de las Indias was not published till 1875-1876 . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• ARTHUR (Fr. Arius)
• ARTHUR, CHESTER ALAN (1830 – 1886)

Arthur See also:

• HELPS, SIR ARTHUR (1813-1875)

Helps' Life of Las Casas (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1868) has not been superseded; but see also F . A . MacNutt, See also:

• BARTHOLOMEW, JOHN (1831-1893)
• BARTHOLOMEW, SAINT

Bartholomew de Las Casas (1909) .