The broken spears : the Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico
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- ISBN: 9780807055007 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xlix, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cm. - Edition: Expanded and updated ed.
- Publisher: Boston, MA : Beacon Press, 2006.
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General Note: | "Originally published in Spanish under the title of Visión de los vencidos, 1959"--T.p. verso. Translated from Nahuatl into Spanish by Angel María Garibay K. ; English translation by Lysander Kemp. Includes a new postscript by the author (2006). Foreword by J. Jorge Klor de Alva. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Omens foretelling the arrival of the Spaniards -- First reports of the Spaniards' arrival -- The messengers' journeys -- Motecuhzoma's terror and apathy -- The Spaniards march on Tlaxcala and Cholula -- The gifts of gold: the god Tezcatlipoca appears -- The Spaniards are welcomed in Tezcoco -- The Spaniards arrive in Tenochtitlan -- The massacre in the main temple during the fiesta of Toxcatl -- The night of sorrows -- The siege of Tenochtitlan -- Spanish raids into the besieged city -- The surrender of Tenochtitlan -- The story of the conquest as told by the anonymous authors of Tlatelolco -- Elegies on the fall of the city -- Aftermath. |
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