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Sin, Crime and Retribution in Early Latin America : A Translation and Critique of Sources - Lope De Aguirre, Francisco De Carvajal, Juan Rodriguez Freyle

Jay, Felix(Translated by)
Part of the Latin American studies series series
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Organized aggression and conquest have always provided violent men with an opportunity to commit atrocities, and this applies to the Spanish Conquest of the Americas.

In Peru, two names overshadow all acts of violence by reason of exceptional expressions of evil - Lope de Aguirre and Francisco de Carvajal.

The translator of this volume has chosen to let the eyewitnesses and secondary sources tell the stories of their atrocities.

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Edwin Mellen Press Ltd
0773481923 / 9780773481923
Hardback
01/01/1999
United States
344 pages, bibliography, index
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