Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
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Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda was a Spanish humanist, philosopher, and theologian of the Spanish Renaissance. He is mainly known for his participation in a famous debate with Bartolomé de las Casas in Valla
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
Liber gestorum Aegidii Albornotii, 1521
Bartolomé de las Casas
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Bartolomé de las Casas, OP; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566 was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer. He arrived in Hispaniola a
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda
…1573) was a Spanish humanist, philosopher, and theologian of the Spanish Renaissance. He is mainly known for his participation in a famous debate with Bartolomé de las Casas in Valladolid, Spain, in 1550–1551. The debate centered on the legitimacy of the conquest and colonization of America by the Spanish Empire and on the…
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas
Bartolome de las Casas signature 1559
Reconstruction of a Taíno village from Las Casas's times in contemporary Cuba
A contemporary painting of King Ferdinand "The Catholic"