Aztecs And Spaniards
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Author |
: Albert Marrin |
Publisher |
: Atheneum Books |
Total Pages |
: 232 |
Release |
: 1986 |
ISBN-10 |
: UTEXAS:059173001295516 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (16 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aztecs and Spaniards by : Albert Marrin
Describes the history and culture of the Aztec Indians in the Valley of Mexico and discusses how the arrival of the conquistador Hernando Cortes brought about the fall of their mighty empire.
Author |
: Buddy Levy |
Publisher |
: Bantam |
Total Pages |
: 458 |
Release |
: 2009-07-28 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780553384710 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0553384716 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Conquistador by : Buddy Levy
In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting.
Author |
: Hugh Thomas |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 836 |
Release |
: 2013-04-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781439127254 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1439127255 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (54 Downloads) |
Synopsis Conquest by : Hugh Thomas
Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history. Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortés. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of our most gifted historians.
Author |
: Lori Boornazian Diel |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 285 |
Release |
: 2018-12-12 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781477316733 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1477316736 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Codex Mexicanus by : Lori Boornazian Diel
Some sixty years after the Spanish conquest of Mexico, a group of Nahua intellectuals in Mexico City set about compiling an extensive book of miscellanea, which was recorded in pictorial form with alphabetic texts in Nahuatl clarifying some imagery or adding new information altogether. This manuscript, known as the Codex Mexicanus, includes records pertaining to the Aztec and Christian calendars, European medical astrology, a genealogy of the Tenochca royal house, and an annals history of pre-conquest Tenochtitlan and early colonial Mexico City, among other topics. Though filled with intriguing information, the Mexicanus has long defied a comprehensive scholarly analysis, surely due to its disparate contents. In this pathfinding volume, Lori Boornazian Diel presents the first thorough study of the entire Codex Mexicanus that considers its varied contents in a holistic manner. She provides an authoritative reading of the Mexicanus’s contents and explains what its creation and use reveal about native reactions to and negotiations of colonial rule in Mexico City. Diel makes sense of the codex by revealing how its miscellaneous contents find counterparts in Spanish books called Reportorios de los tiempos. Based on the medieval almanac tradition, Reportorios contain vast assortments of information related to the issue of time, as does the Mexicanus. Diel masterfully demonstrates that, just as Reportorios were used as guides to living in early modern Spain, likewise the Codex Mexicanus provided its Nahua audience a guide to living in colonial New Spain.
Author |
: Laura E. Matthew |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 365 |
Release |
: 2014-02-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806182698 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806182695 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (98 Downloads) |
Synopsis Indian Conquistadors by : Laura E. Matthew
The conquest of the New World would hardly have been possible if the invading Spaniards had not allied themselves with the indigenous population. This book takes into account the role of native peoples as active agents in the Conquest through a review of new sources and more careful analysis of known but under-studied materials that demonstrate the overwhelming importance of native allies in both conquest and colonial control. In Indian Conquistadors, leading scholars offer the most comprehensive look to date at native participation in the conquest of Mesoamerica. The contributors examine pictorial, archaeological, and documentary evidence spanning three centuries, including little-known eyewitness accounts from both Spanish and native documents, paintings (lienzos) and maps (mapas) from the colonial period, and a new assessment of imperialism in the region before the Spanish arrival. This new research shows that the Tlaxcalans, the most famous allies of the Spanish, were far from alone. Not only did native lords throughout Mesoamerica supply arms, troops, and tactical guidance, but tens of thousands of warriors—Nahuas, Mixtecs, Zapotecs, Mayas, and others—spread throughout the region to participate with the Spanish in a common cause. By offering a more balanced account of this dramatic period, this book calls into question traditional narratives that emphasize indigenous peoples’ roles as auxiliaries rather than as conquistadors in their own right. Enhanced with twelve maps and more than forty illustrations, Indian Conquistadors opens a vital new line of research and challenges our understanding of this important era.
Author |
: Irwin R. Blacker |
Publisher |
: New Word City |
Total Pages |
: 102 |
Release |
: 2015-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781612309187 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1612309186 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis Cortés and the Aztec Conquest by : Irwin R. Blacker
In three years, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés, leading a few hundred Spanish soldiers, overcame a centuries-old empire that could put tens of thousands of warriors on the field. Even after his god-like reputation had been shattered, and his horses and cannons were no longer regarded as supernatural, his ruthless daring took him on to victory. Yet in the end, his prize was not the gold that he had sought, but the destruction of the entire Aztec civilization.
Author |
: Camilla Townsend |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages |
: 337 |
Release |
: 2019 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780190673062 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0190673060 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis Fifth Sun by : Camilla Townsend
Fifth Sun offers a comprehensive history of the Aztecs, spanning the period before conquest to a century after the conquest, based on rarely-used Nahuatl-language sources written by the indigenous people.
Author |
: John Pohl |
Publisher |
: Osprey Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2005-10-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1841769347 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781841769349 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis Aztecs and Conquistadores by : John Pohl
The Spanish conquest of Mexico was a remarkable military expedition that had a huge impact on the history of the world. Hernán Cortés led the expedition, the aim of which was the addition of Mexico to the Spanish Empire, and the extraction of Aztec riches. Following the appearance of portents, the Aztecs were expecting a catastrophe in 1519, and the Spanish invasion fulfilled this expectation. Although they fought fiercely to the end, the Aztec civilisation was doomed, and the face of Mexico would be changed for ever. This book examines the campaign, but also the lives, training and experience of the men on both sides: the Spanish conquerors and their opponents, the exotic Aztecs, who were fighting for their lives and their civilisation. Contains material peviously published in Essential Histories 60, Warrior 32 and Warrior 40.
Author |
: Ross Hassig |
Publisher |
: University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 2014-08-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780806148199 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0806148195 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Mexico and the Spanish Conquest by : Ross Hassig
What role did indigenous peoples play in the Spanish conquest of Mexico? Ross Hassig explores this question in Mexico and the Spanish Conquest by incorporating primary accounts from the Indians of Mexico and revisiting the events of the conquest against the backdrop of the Aztec empire, the culture and politics of Mesoamerica, and the military dynamics of both sides. He analyzes the weapons, tactics, and strategies employed by both the Indians and the Spaniards, and concludes that the conquest was less a Spanish victory than it was a victory of Indians over other Indians, which the Spaniards were able to exploit to their own advantage. In this second edition of his classic work, Hassig incorporates new research in the same concise manner that made the original edition so popular and provides further explanations of the actions and motivations of Cortés, Moteuczoma, and other key figures. He also explores their impact on larger events and examines in greater detail Spanish military tactics and strategies.
Author |
: Charles Gibson |
Publisher |
: Stanford University Press |
Total Pages |
: 690 |
Release |
: 1964 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0804701962 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780804701969 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (62 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Aztecs Under Spanish Rule by : Charles Gibson
Here is the complete history of the Indians of the Valley of Mexico, one of the two most important religious groups in the Spanish empire in America, from the Conquest to Independence in the early nineteenth century. Based upon ten years of research, this study focuses on the effect if Spanish institutions on Indian life at the local level.