La Brevíssima relación de la destruyción de las Indias de fray Bartolomé de las Casas : del alegato a la retórica de la crueldad

Abstract

This article examines the most famous text by Fray Bartolomé de las casas, the Brevíssimarelación de la destruyción de las indias, in its historical frame (1542, 1552). It also takes into consideration its impact on other contexts, particularly at the time of emancipatory ideas of the american countries in the nineteenth century. Moreover, we attend to the legal discourse and the dialectical movement that takes place between the allegation and the rhetoric of cruelty and violence.