Alonso Gutiérrez
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Fray Alonso de la Vera Cruz monument in Tiripetío, Michoacán.
Alonso Gutiérrez, also known as Alonso de la Vera Cruz (c. 1507 – 1584) was a Spanish philosopher and Augustinian, who took the religious name da Vera Cruz. He became a major intellectual figure in New Spain, where he worked from 1535 to 1562, and from 1573 to his death,[1] and in the history of Mexico.
Gutiérrez was born in Caspueñas, Guadalajara. He studied under Francisco de Vitoria, at Salamanca University.[2]
He wrote in favour of the human rights of the conquered peoples.[3] In 1553 he became the first professor of the University of Mexico. He died in Mexico City.
Contents
Works
- Writings of Alonso de la Vera Cruz (five volumes; edited and translated by Ernest J. Burrus).
Notes
References
- John F. Blethen, "The Educational Activities of Fray Alonso de La Vera Cruz in Sixteenth Century Mexico", The Americas, Vol. V, No. 1 (1948), pp. 31–47.
- E. J. Burrus, "Alonso de la Veracruz's Defence of the American Indians (1553-54)," Heythrop Journal, Vol. IV, No. 3 (1963), pp. 225–53.
- E. J. Burrus, "Alonso de la Vera Cruz († 1584), Pioneer Defender of the American Indians," The Catholic Historical Review, Vol. LXX, No. 4 (1984), pp. 531–46.
- Arthur Ennis, Fray Alonso de la Vera Cruz, O.S.A. (1507-1584). A Study of His Life and His Contribution to the Religious and Intellectual Affairs of Early Mexico (1957)
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