Victors and vanquished : Spanish and Nahua views of the Conquest of Mexico / edited with an introduction by Stuart B. Scwhartz

Object Details

Author

Schwartz, Stuart B

NMAI copy 39088017696816 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.

Contents

Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict -- A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica -- Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven -- Mexica Civilization and Society -- Renaissance Conquerors -- The Spanish Sources -- The Indigenous Historical Traditions -- The Documents -- Forebodings and Omens -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- Fray Martin de Jesus de la Coruna, Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams -- Diego Duran, from The History of the Indies of New Spain -- Preparations -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Hernan Cortes, Letters to Charles V -- Encounters -- Hernan Cortes, Letter to Charles V -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Andres de Tapia, Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala -- Tenochtitlan -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste -- Francisco Lopez de Gomara, from Istoria de la conquista de Mexico -- From the Florentine Codex and the Codex Aubin -- Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain -- Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex -- The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan -- From Chronicles of Michoacan

Summary

"In 1519 Hernan Cortes and a small band of Spanish conquistadors overthrew the mighty Mexican empire of the Aztecs. Using excerpts primarily drawn from Bernal Diaz's 1632 account of the Spanish victory and testimonies - many recently uncovered - of indigenous Nahua survivors, Victors and Vanquished clearly demonstrates how personal interests, class and ethnic biases, and political considerations influenced the interpretation of these momentous events."--BOOK JACKET.

2000

C2000

Conquest, 1519-1540

Type

Sources

Early accounts to 1600

Early works

History

Physical description

xvi, 271 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm

Place

Mexico

America

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Indians--First contact with other peoples

History

Historiography

Record ID

siris_sil_1032631

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0