Quo Fuit places 8 dated presences for Bartolomé de las Casas across 5 places, from 1484 to 1566.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Bartolomé de las Casas, OP; 11 November 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a Spanish lawyer, clergyman, writer, and activist best known for his work as a historian and social reformer.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Bartolomé de las Casas was documented, and when
Sevilleattested“In his Historia de las Indias, he wrote of Christopher Columbus's return to Seville, in 1493.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1506year
Salamancaattested“In 1506, he returned to Spain and completed his studies of canon law at Salamanca.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1506year
Spainattested“In 1506, he returned to Spain and completed his studies of canon law at Salamanca.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
May 1517month
Spainattested“In May 1517, Las Casas was forced to travel back to Spain to denounce to the regent the failure of the Hieronymite reforms.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1534year
Peruattested“In 1534, Las Casas made an attempt to travel to Peru to observe the first stages of conquest of that region by Francisco Pizarro.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1545year
Spainattested“Before Las Casas returned to Spain, he was also appointed as Bishop of Chiapas, a newly established diocese of which he took possession in 1545 upon his return to the New World.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
Other places tied to Bartolomé de las Casas in the record
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1507year
Romementioned“That same year, he was ordained a deacon and then traveled to Rome, where he was ordained a secular priest in 1507.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
September 1510month
Santo Domingomentioned“In September 1510, a group of Dominican friars arrived in Santo Domingo led by Pedro de Córdoba; appalled by the injustices they saw committed by the slave owners against the Indians, they decided to deny slave owners the right to confes…”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1515year
Plasenciamentioned“In the winter of 1515, King Ferdinand lay ill in Plasencia, but Las Casas was able to get a letter of introduction to the king from the Archbishop of Seville, Diego de Deza.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1515year
Indiesmentioned“On Christmas Eve of 1515, Las Casas met the monarch and discussed the situation in the Indies with him; the king agreed to hear him out in more detail at a later date.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1515year
Cumanamentioned“Founded in 1515, there was already a small Franciscan monastery in Cumana, and a Dominican one at Chiribichi, but the monks there were being harassed by Spaniards operating slave raids from the nearby Island of Cubagua.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
September 1515month
Sevillementioned“Aided by Pedro de Córdoba and accompanied by Antonio de Montesinos, he left for Spain in September 1515, arriving in Seville in November.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
25 November 1517exact date
Valladolidmentioned“Ximenez died on 8 November, and the young King arrived in Valladolid on 25 November 1517.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
January 1521month
Puerto Ricomentioned“Arriving in Puerto Rico, in January 1521, he received the terrible news that the Dominican convent at Chiribichi had been sacked by Indians, and that the Spaniards of the islands had launched a punitive expedition, led by Gonzalo de Ocam…”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
January 1522month
Hispaniolamentioned“He returned to Hispaniola in January 1522, and heard the news of the massacre.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1522year
Santo Domingomentioned“Devastated, Las Casas reacted by entering the Dominican monastery of Santa Cruz in Santo Domingo as a novice in 1522 and finally taking holy vows as a Dominican friar in 1523.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1536year
Guatemalamentioned“In 1536, Las Casas followed a number of friars to Guatemala, where they began to prepare to undertake a mission among the Maya Indians.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1536year
Oaxacamentioned“Also in 1536, before venturing into Tuzulutlan, Las Casas went to Oaxaca, Mexico, to participate in a series of discussions and debates among the bishops of the Dominican and Franciscan orders.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1537year
Guatemalamentioned“Las Casas returned to Guatemala in 1537 wanting to employ his new method of conversion based on two principles: 1) to preach the Gospel to all men and treat them as equals, and 2) to assert that conversion must be voluntary and based on…”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
1538year
Mexicomentioned“In 1538 Las Casas was recalled from his mission by Bishop Marroquín who wanted him to go to Mexico and then on to Spain to seek more Dominicans to assist in the mission.”source: Wikipedia: Bartolomé de las Casas
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