Download or read book Mexico Aztec Spanish and Republican written by Brantz Mayer and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mexico Aztec Spanish and Republican a Historical Geographical Political Statistical and Social Account of that Country from the Period of the Invasion by the Spaniards to the Present Time with a View of the Ancient Aztec Empire and Civilization a Historical Sketch of the Late War and Notices of New Mexico and California by Brantz Mayer written by and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mexico Aztec Spanish and Republican Vol 1 of 2 written by Brantz Mayer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-05 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 by Brantz Mayer
Download or read book Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest written by Matthew Restall and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-28 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth. This vividly written and authoritative book shows, for instance, that native Americans did not take the conquistadors for gods and that small numbers of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. We discover that Columbus was correctly seen in his lifetime--and for decades after--as a briefly fortunate but unexceptional participant in efforts involving many southern Europeans. It was only much later that Columbus was portrayed as a great man who fought against the ignorance of his age to discover the new world. Another popular misconception--that the Conquistadors worked alone--is shattered by the revelation that vast numbers of black and native allies joined them in a conflict that pitted native Americans against each other. This and other factors, not the supposed superiority of the Spaniards, made conquests possible. The Conquest, Restall shows, was more complex--and more fascinating--than conventional histories have portrayed it. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest offers a richer and more nuanced account of a key event in the history of the Americas.
Download or read book Mexico Aztec Spanish and Republican written by Brantz Mayer and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-13 with total page 671 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican' by Brantz Mayer, readers are taken on a comprehensive journey through the history of Mexico, from the Aztec civilization to the Spanish conquest and the subsequent establishment of a republican government. Mayer's book is rich in historical details, providing a deep dive into the cultural and political realities of each era. The writing style is scholarly, yet engaging, making it accessible to both academics and general history enthusiasts. Written in the mid-19th century, the book reflects the author's thorough research and passion for Mexican history, offering a well-rounded perspective on the country's complex past. Mayer's work serves as a valuable resource for those seeking a deeper understanding of Mexico's evolution over the centuries, shedding light on pivotal moments and figures that have shaped the nation. For anyone interested in delving into the intricacies of Mexican history, 'Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican' comes highly recommended.
Download or read book When Montezuma Met Cort s written by Matthew Restall and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-01-30 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction—the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas—has long been the symbol of Cortés’s bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere. But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses “the Meeting”—as Restall dubs their first encounter—as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés’s and Montezuma’s posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived—leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself.
Download or read book Mexico Aztec Spanish and Republican v 2 2 written by Brantz Mayer and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-08-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican, v. 2-2 by Brantz Mayer
Download or read book Indian Conquistadors written by Laura E. Matthew and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2014-02-13 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Aztecs at Independence written by Miriam Melton-Villanueva and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This ethnohistory uses colonial-era native-language texts written by Nahuas to construct history from the indigenous point of view. The book offers the first internal ethnographic view of central Mexican indigenous communities in the critical time of independence, when modern Mexican Spanish developed its unique character, founded on indigenous concepts of space, time, and grammar. The Aztecs at Independence opens a window into the cultural life of writers, leaders, and worshippers--Nahua women and men in the midst of creating a vibrant community.
Download or read book Daily Life of the Aztecs on the Eve of the Spanish Conquest written by Jacques Soustelle and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1970 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes the advancing civilization of the Aztecs destroyed by Spanish conquest
Download or read book Tenochtitlan written by José Luis de Rojas and published by University Press of Florida. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
Download or read book The Conquest of Mexico written by Hugh Thomas and published by Harvill Press. This book was released on 2004-11 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hugh Thomas' account of the collapse of Montezuma's great Aztec empire under the onslaughts of Cort's' conquistadors is one of the great historical works of our times. A thrilling and sweeping narrative, it also bristles with moral and political issues. After setting out from Spain - against explicit instructions - in 1519, some 500 conquistadors destroyed their ships and fought their way towards the capital of the greatest empire of the New World. When they finally reached Tenochtitlan, the huge city on lake Texcoco, they were given a courtly welcome by Montezuma, who believed them to be gods. Their later abduction of the emperor, their withdrawl and the final destruction of the city make the Conquest one of the most enthralling and tragic episodes in world history.
Download or read book Modern Mexican History written by Herbert Ingram Priestley and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Traveling from New Spain to Mexico written by Magali M. Carrera and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2011-06-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How colonial mapping traditions were combined with practices of nineteenth-century visual culture in the first maps of independent Mexico, particularly in those created by the respected cartographer Antonio Garc&ía Cubas.
Download or read book Here in This Year written by Camilla Townsend and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2009-12-11 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous breadsellers riot over a Spanish monopoly scheme; Spanish authorities plan to remove native people from the city; indigenous people struggle to construct a splendid church; the city's inhabitants fight over elections and witness hangings, epidemics, and eclipses. All this and more a Native American writer of Puebla, Mexico, reported in the late seventeenth century in a set of annals in his own language, Nahuatl, telling his people's local history from the coming of the Christian faith down to his own day. These records were part of a corpus of such annals produced in the Tlaxcala-Puebla region during this period. These writings by native peoples for their own posterity provide the most direct access to the indigenous perspective on the postconquest centuries that we are ever going to find. Here in This Year for the first time brings two sets of Nahuatl annals—the other one being from a more provincial locale—to the English-speaking world, presenting the original Nahuatl with facing, very readable translations.
Download or read book Terry s Guide to Mexico written by Thomas Philip Terry and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 1068 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New International Encyclopedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
