The broken spears : the Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico / edited and with an introduction by Miguel Leon-Portilla.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

León Portilla, Miguel, editor.

Standardized Title:

Visión de los vencidos. English

Language:

English

Nahuatl

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Aztecs--First contact with other peoples--Sources.

Indians of Mexico--First contact with other peoples--Sources.

Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Sources.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xlix, 204 pages) illustrations, maps ;

Edition:

Expanded and updated edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Beacon Press, 2006.

Summary:

For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.

Contents:

Chapter One Omens Foretelling the Arrival of the Spaniards

Chapter Two First Reports of the Spaniards’ Arrival

Chapter Three The Messengers’ Journeys

Chapter Four Motecuhzoma’s Terror and Apathy

Chapter Five The Spaniards March on Tlaxcala and Cholula

Chapter Six The Gifts of Gold: The God Tezcatlipoca Appears

Chapter Seven The Spaniards Are Welcomed in Tezcoco

Chapter Eight The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan

Chapter Nine The Massacre in the Main Temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl

Chapter Ten The Night of Sorrows

Chapter Eleven The Siege of Tenochtitlan

Chapter Twelve Spanish Raids into the Besieged City

Chapter Thirteen The Surrender of Tenochtitlan

Chapter Fourteen The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlatelolco

Chapter Fifteen Elegies on the Fall of the City

Chapter Sixteen Aftermath.

Notes:

Translation of: Visión de los vencidos.

Includes a new postscript by the editor (2006).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-196) and index.

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ISBN:

0-8070-5499-2

0-8070-9545-1

OCLC:

1031967207