To Heaven or to Hell : : Bartolomé de Las Casas's Confesionario / / David Thomas Orique, O.P.
This volume is the first complete English translation and annotated study of Bartolomé de Las Casas's important and provocative 1552 treatise commonly known as the Confesionario or Avisos y reglas. A text that generated controversy, like Las Casas's more famous Brevísima relación, the Conf...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn State University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2018 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Latin American Originals ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (152 p.) :; 4 illustrations/1 map |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Introduction: Las Casas's Road Map to Temporal Justice and Eternal Life
- 1 " I, Bartolomé de Las Casas or Causas . . .": An Encounter with Temporal Justice's Rough Terrain
- 2 "I Absolve . . .": A First Brush with the Eternal Flames of Hell
- 3 "I Guarantee . . .": A Passage to Heaven or a Ticket to Hell
- Bartolomé de Las Casas's Confesionario "I Mandate Justice . . .": The Last Fork in the Road to Heaven or Hell
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX