Las Casas Signature. On this day (18 July) in 1566, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, died in Madrid. This photograph is of his signature at the end of a manuscript sent to Charles V, King of Spain and Holy …More
Las Casas Signature.
On this day (18 July) in 1566, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, died in Madrid. This photograph is of his signature at the end of a manuscript sent to Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor. In this letter, Las Casas, who had been a conquistador and slave-trader before his conversion to Christ and his consecration as a Friar and priest of the Dominican Order, pleads for the human rights of the native peoples of Latin America. His writings had an enormous impact and in 1542, the Emperor enacted Laws that protected the "Indians" and their lands from the Spanish colonists. To this day, Las Casas is recognised as the founder of human rights law, and this letter is in the Library of Congress in Washington DC.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr
On this day (18 July) in 1566, Fray Bartolomé de las Casas, died in Madrid. This photograph is of his signature at the end of a manuscript sent to Charles V, King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor. In this letter, Las Casas, who had been a conquistador and slave-trader before his conversion to Christ and his consecration as a Friar and priest of the Dominican Order, pleads for the human rights of the native peoples of Latin America. His writings had an enormous impact and in 1542, the Emperor enacted Laws that protected the "Indians" and their lands from the Spanish colonists. To this day, Las Casas is recognised as the founder of human rights law, and this letter is in the Library of Congress in Washington DC.
Source: Lawrence OP on Flickr