From the Courts to the Court: History, Literature, and Litigation in the Spanish Atlantic World

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This article illuminates essential and often-neglected legal and political contexts for the production of a??classicala?? accounts of the conquest of America written by Gonzalo Fern??ndez de Oviedo (1478-1557), Bartolom?? de las Casas (c. 1474-1566) and Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (1549-1626). Biographical details regarding these authors extracted from legal cases reveal pecuniary and professional interests that influenced writings about the conquest of the Americans even beyond their own works. Unbeknown to generations of scholars, these men's litigious and political careers have left their mark on official archives and even Don Quixote.View full textDownload full textKeywordsFern??ndez de Oviedo, Las Casas, Herrera y Tordesillas, law, archives, historiographyRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10609164.2012.730661