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

Other author Schwartz, Stuart B.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoston : Bedford/St. Martin's, ©2000.
Descriptionxvi, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Indians--First contact with other peoples. --Sources.
Mexico--History. --Conquest, 1519-1540. --Historiography.
Mexico--History. --Conquest, 1519-1540. --Sources.
America--Early works to 1800.
Mexico--History. --Conquest, 1519-1540.

SeriesThe Bedford series in history and culture
Bedford series in history and culture. ^A477075
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.
Local noteLittle-353909--305131033217T
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index.
LCCN 99062438
ISBN0312154089 (pbk.)
ISBN9780312154080 (pbk.)
ISBN0312228171 (hardcover)
ISBN9780312228170 (hardcover)
ISBN0312393555
ISBN9780312393557

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