Erudita & elegans explicatio quaestionis: utrum reges vel principes, jure aliquo vel titulo, et salvâ conscientia, cives ac subditos à Regia Corona alienare

Can a King legally sell his own subjects or trade away the lands they inhabit? In this radical defense of human liberty, Bartolomé de Las Casas dismantles the absolute power of monarchs, arguing that rulers are merely stewards of a people who remain fundamentally free.