Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas
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"Apología" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a 16th-century theological and legal treatise in which he defends the rights and humanity of Indigenous peoples of the Americas against their enslavement and mistreatment by Spanish colonizers.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies | 1 |
| Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3991162 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas Context triple: [Valladolid debate, describedIn, Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas]
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A.
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain is a 16th-century chronicle by conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo that offers a detailed eyewitness account of Hernán Cortés’s campaign and the fall of the Aztec Empire.
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B.
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés is a series of letters to the Spanish king in which Cortés narrates and justifies his expedition in Mexico, providing a key firsthand account of the conquest and early colonial encounters with the Aztec Empire.
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C.
Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada
Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada is a 16th-century historical chronicle recounting the Spanish conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada, written by conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
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D.
The Coming of Columbus
The Coming of Columbus is a silent-era American film dramatizing Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World, produced by the early motion picture studio Selig Polyscope Company.
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E.
Allegory of the Spanish conquest
Allegory of the Spanish conquest is a mural painting by José Clemente Orozco that powerfully depicts the violent and transformative impact of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas Target entity description: "Apología" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a 16th-century theological and legal treatise in which he defends the rights and humanity of Indigenous peoples of the Americas against their enslavement and mistreatment by Spanish colonizers.
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A.
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain is a 16th-century chronicle by conquistador Bernal Díaz del Castillo that offers a detailed eyewitness account of Hernán Cortés’s campaign and the fall of the Aztec Empire.
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B.
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés
Cartas de Relación by Hernán Cortés is a series of letters to the Spanish king in which Cortés narrates and justifies his expedition in Mexico, providing a key firsthand account of the conquest and early colonial encounters with the Aztec Empire.
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C.
Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada
Epítome de la conquista del Nuevo Reino de Granada is a 16th-century historical chronicle recounting the Spanish conquest of the New Kingdom of Granada, written by conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
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D.
The Coming of Columbus
The Coming of Columbus is a silent-era American film dramatizing Christopher Columbus’s voyage to the New World, produced by the early motion picture studio Selig Polyscope Company.
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E.
Allegory of the Spanish conquest
Allegory of the Spanish conquest is a mural painting by José Clemente Orozco that powerfully depicts the violent and transformative impact of the Spanish conquest of Mexico.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
legal treatise
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theological treatise ⓘ work of Christian apologetics ⓘ |
| aim |
to persuade Spanish authorities to recognize Indigenous rights
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to provide a legal and theological defense of Indigenous freedom ⓘ to refute arguments justifying conquest and enslavement ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
School of Salamanca
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Spanish conquest of the Americas ⓘ Valladolid debate ⓘ |
| author | Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| ethicalStance |
advocacy of nonviolent evangelization
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condemnation of cruelty and exploitation ⓘ |
| genre |
legal writing
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polemical work ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Spanish imperial expansion in the New World
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debates over the legality and morality of conquest ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian doctrine of the imago Dei
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Roman law ⓘ canon law ⓘ medieval scholastic theology ⓘ natural law theory ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| legacy |
important source for the history of human rights thought
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key text in the defense of Indigenous peoples in colonial Latin America ⓘ reference work in studies of Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Christian ethics
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Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ evangelization of Indigenous peoples ⓘ human dignity ⓘ just war theory ⓘ natural law ⓘ rights of Indigenous peoples of the Americas ⓘ slavery and enslavement debates ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of writings by Bartolomé de las Casas ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
argument that Indigenous peoples have natural rights
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argument that Indigenous peoples possess rational souls ⓘ argument that forced conversion is illegitimate ⓘ argument that wars of conquest against peaceful peoples are unjust ⓘ condemnation of Indigenous enslavement ⓘ critique of Spanish colonial abuses ⓘ defense of the full humanity of Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias
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De vocatione omnium gentium ⓘ
surface form:
De unico vocationis modo omnium gentium ad veram religionem
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| religiousTradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| theologicalPerspective | Scholasticism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 16th century ⓘ |
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Subject: Apología by Bartolomé de las Casas Description of subject: "Apología" by Bartolomé de las Casas is a 16th-century theological and legal treatise in which he defends the rights and humanity of Indigenous peoples of the Americas against their enslavement and mistreatment by Spanish colonizers.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies