- Additional Authors
- Reid, Christopher W. (Translator)
- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 315 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Summary
- A highly readable narrative of the causes, course, and consequences of the Spanish Conquest, incorporating the perspectives of many Native groups, Black slaves, and the conquistadors. Five hundred years ago, a flotilla landed on the coast of Yucatán under the command of the Spanish conquistador Hérnan Cortés. While the official goal of the expedition was to explore and to expand the Christian faith, everyone involved knew that it was primarily about gold and the hunt for slaves. That a few hundred Spaniards destroyed the Aztec empire--a highly developed culture--is an old chestnut, because the conquistadors, who had every means to make a profit, did not succeed alone. They encountered groups such as the Tlaxcaltecs, who suffered from the Aztec rule and were ready to enter into alliances with the foreigners to overthrow their old enemy. In addition, the conquerors benefited from the diseases brought from Europe, which killed hundreds of thousands of locals. Drawing on both Spanish and indigenous sources, this account of the conquest of Mexico from 1519 to 1521 not only offers a dramatic narrative of these events -- including the fall of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and the flight of the conquerors -- but also represents the individual protagonists on both sides, their backgrounds, their diplomacy, and their struggles. It vividly portrays the tens of thousands of local warriors who faced off against each other during the fighting as they attempted to free. Written by a leading historian of Latin America, Conquistadors and Aztecs offers a timely portrayal of the fall of Tenochtitlan and the founding of an empire that would last for centuries.
- Uniform Title
- Conquistadoren und Azteken. English (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Conquistadoren und Azteken.
- History of the fall of Tenochtitlan
- Subject
- Note
- Translation of: Conquistadoren und Azteken: Cortés und die Eroberung Mexikos.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Setting Off for the New World - The Expedition Begins - The World of the Mexica - Totonacapan - Tlaxcala - Tenochtitlan - War and Destruction - Endless Conquest - The Legacy of the Conquest.
- ISBN
- 9780197552490
- 9780197552476
- LCCN
- 2023293009
- OCLC
- ssj0002914872
- Author
Rinke, Stefan, 1965-
- Title
Conquistadors and Aztecs [electronic resource] : a history of the fall of Tenochtitlan / Stefan Rinke ; translated by Christopher Reid.
- Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2023]
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-308) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Chronological Term
1521
- Added Author
Reid, Christopher W. (Translator)