Conquistadors and Aztecs - A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan

A new account of the conquest of Mexico that focuses on the fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, timed for the 500th anniversary of this world historical event.

Table des matières

• Acknowledgments


• Introduction


• Chapter 1: Setting Off for the New World


• Chapter 2: The Expedition Begins


• Chapter 3: The World of the Mexica


• Chapter 4: Totonacapan


• Chapter 5: Tlaxcala


• Chapter 6: Tenochtitlan


• Chapter 7: War and Destruction


• Chapter 8: Endless Conquest


• Chapter 9: The Legacy of the Conquest


• Conclusion


• Notes


• Bibliography


• Index

A propos de l'auteur

Stefan Rinke is professor and chair of the department of history at the Institute of Latin American Studies and member of the Friedrich Meinecke-Institut at Freie Universität Berlin. From 2014 to 2017 he was President of the European Association of Historians of Latin America. Rinke is the recipient of the José Antonio Alzate Award from the Mexican Academy of Sciences and is the author of fourteen books, most of which have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and English.

Résumé

A new account of the conquest of Mexico that focuses on the fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, timed for the 500th anniversary of this world historical event.

Texte suppl.

Conquistadors and Aztecs relies on both written and pictorial sources written by European and Indigenous writers to provide a nuanced explanation for "the fall of Tenochtitlan."Conquistadors and Aztecs relies on both written and pictorial sources written by European and Indigenous writers to provide a nuanced explanation for "the fall of Tenochtitlan."

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Rinke , Stefan Rinke, Stefan (Professor and Chair of the Departme Rinke, Stefan (Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the Institute of Latin American Studies and the Friedrich Meinecke-Institut Rinke, Rinke Stefan
• Edition: Oxford University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 30.11.2021
• EAN: 9780197552469
• ISBN: 978-0-19-755246-9
• Pages: 328
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Général, dictionnaires; Mexico, European History, HISTORY / Modern / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico, Mexico City, Colonialism & imperialism, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, Colonialism and imperialism, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, History of the Americas, c 1500 to c 1600, Aztec Empire / Aztec civilisation, c 1520 to c 1529