Version Law & Order

60 years after the discovery of the new world, a historic event which everyone has heard about, but few know the details of the progress and many are already wrong on the central issue of the controversy: not that the Indians a soul (already stated by Pope Paul III), but on "how should be the conquests in the New World, [] for which are conducted with justice and security awareness" (peaceful settlement and conversion vs. forced) .

This novel is an opportunity to sapprocher the debate, although unfortunately the author has taken a lot of freedom with respect to the facts: a dramatized version a few days saffrontent two main characters, almost like a legal series Law & Order ( witnesses and demonstrations surprises, twists) while the actual sétale controversy sessions spaced two months of a one-year and involves fifteen theologians and lawyers.

A fictionalized diving which nevertheless makes me want den learn more about one of the worldwide minutes (OK, not global months in this case), the curious repercussion in the end was the use lesclavage black as an alternative to that of the Indians.