Volume 12, Issue 1, June 2014, Pages 87-118
Providence College, United States
Abstract
This investigation
compares the Spanish cleric, Bartolomé de Las Casas, with the Portuguese
cleric, Fernando Oliveira, both of whom raised their voices in protest
during the sixteenth century as Portugal
and Spain politically extended, economically exploited, and religiously
expanded into the Atlantic World. Las Casas condemned the wars of
conquest and the consequent unjust enslavement of New World indigenous
peoples; Oliveira condemned unjust warfare waged to promote and sustain
the slave trade
along the West African coast. This analysis demonstrates that both
priests denounced warfare that violated the principles of just war and
therefore resulted in enslavements without just cause. Copyright © 2008
E-Journal Of Portuguese History.
Author keywords
Bartolomé de las Casas; Fernando oliveira; Just war; Sixteenth-century; Slavery
ISSN: 16456432Source Type: Journal
Original language: English
Document Type: Review
Publisher: Universidade do Porto
