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Victors and Vanquished Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico

by: Schwartz, Stuart B.

Victors and Vanquished Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico

by: Schwartz, Stuart B.

ISBN 13:
9780312154080
ISBN 10:
0312154089
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 12/29/1999
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
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Foreword

iii

Preface

Note on Sources and Conventions used

List of Maps and Illustrations

PART ONE Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict

(28)

A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica

(5)

Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven

(2)

Mexica Civilization and Society

(4)

Renaissance Conquerors

(3)

The Spanish Sources

(5)

The Indigenous Historical Traditions

(9)

PART TWO The Documents

(232)

Forebodings and Omens

(11)

from the Florentine Codex

(2)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun

Fray Martin de Jesus de la Coruna, Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams

(1)

from The History of the Indies of New Spain

(6)

Diego Duran

Preparations

(39)

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

(32)

Bernal Diaz

Letters to Charles V

(4)

Hernan Cortes

Encounters

(21)

Letter to Charles V

(4)

Hernan Cortes

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

(7)

Bernal Diz

from the Florentine Codex

(9)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun

The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula

100

(27)

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

103

(12)

Bernal Diz

Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre

115

(4)

Andres de Tapia

from the Florentine Codex

119

(4)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun

From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala

123

(4)

Tenochtitlan

127

(29)

from the Florentine Codex

128

(5)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

133

(23)

Bernal Diz

Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste

156

(26)

from Istoria de la conquista de Mexico

159

(3)

Francisco Lopez de Gomara

From the Florentine Codex and the Codex Aubin

162

(5)

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

167

(10)

Bernal Diz

from the Florentine Codex

177

(5)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun

The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan

182

(32)

From Chronicles of Michoacan

184

(5)

from the Florentine Codex

189

(7)

Fray Bernardino de Sahagun

Eighth Jornada

196

(3)

Francisco de Aguilar

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

199

(12)

Bernal Diz

From Cantares mexicanos

211

(3)

Aftermath: Tradition and Transformation

214

(47)

from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

217

(4)

Bernal Diz

From the Codex Mendoza

221

(5)

The Shape of the Land: The Codex Mendoza and the Relaciones geograficas

226

(4)

Don Domingo de San Anton Munon Chimalpahin, The Death of Cuauhtemoc

230

(2)

Title of Acalan-Tixel

232

(1)

Town Council of Huejotzingo Letter to King Phillip II

233

(7)

The Annals of Cuauhtinchan

240

(5)

APPENDICES

Chronology of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1485-1584)

245

(2)

Questions for Consideration

247

(2)

Biographical Notes

249

(4)

Glossary of Spanish Terms

253

(1)

Glossary of Nahuatl Terms

254

(3)

Selected Bibliography

257

(4)

Index

261

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0312154089

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