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Friar Bartolomé de las Casas, a Spanish historian and social reformer whose archives were seized by the Spanish Crown.

‘The Radical Spanish Empire’ Shows the Power of Paperwork

A new book explores how 16th-century commoners wielded the legal system against their colonizers to surprising effect.

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