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This epistolary autobiography provides the reader with details on Sepuacute;lveda's relations with well-known scholars of his day (Erasmus, Alfonso and Juan de Vald&eacue;s, Gaspare Contarini, Gian-Matteo Giberti, Alberto Pio, Juan Martiacute;nez Siliceo, Reginald Pole and many more); his work both as chronicler to Emperor Charles V and translator of Aristotle; his discussions with Bartolomeacute; de las Casas on the conquest of America; and insights into the author's aspirations, sorrows and joys of daily life. This is the first critical edition of Sepuacute;lveda's letters to take surviving manuscripts into consideration.