The Mexican Prince Or The Story Of Montezuma
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When Montezuma Met Cortès
Author | : Matthew Restall |
Publisher | : HarperCollins |
Total Pages | : 442 |
Release | : 2018-01-30 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0062427288 |
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.
Letters from Mexico
Author | : Hernan Cortes |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 647 |
Release | : 2001-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300090943 |
Written over a seven-year period to Charles V of Spain, Hernan Cortes's letters provide a narrative account of the conquest of Mexico from the founding of the coastal town of Veracruz until Cortes's journey to Honduras in 1525. The two introductions set the letters in context.
Aztec Warfare
Author | : Ross Hassig |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806127736 |
In exploring the pattern and methods of Aztec expansion, Ross Hassig focuses on political and economic factors. Because they lacked numerical superiority, faced logistical problems presented by the terrain, and competed with agriculture for manpower, the Aztecs relied as much on threats and the image of power as on military might to subdue enemies and hold them in their orbit. Hassig describes the role of war in the everyday life of the capital, Tenochtitlan: the place of the military in Aztec society; the education and training of young warriors; the organization of the army; the use of weapons and armor; and the nature of combat.
The History of Mexico
Author | : Francesco Saverio Clavigero |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 574 |
Release | : 1787 |
Genre | : Indians of Mexico |
ISBN | : |
The History of Mexico
Author | : Francesco Saverio Clavigero |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 504 |
Release | : 1817 |
Genre | : Indians of Mexico |
ISBN | : |
Survivors in Mexico
Author | : Rebecca West |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2003-01-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0300098863 |
This account of Mexico was never completed by its author, but has been rescued from oblivion in this present edition.
Montezuma
Author | : Jon Bowman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : |
The Montezuma Castle near Las Vegas, New Mexico ranks among the undisputed architectural gems of the state. Built in the 1880s as arguably the most opulent and fashionable resort west of the Mississippi, the Montezuma hosted US presidents and titans of industry as well as European and Japanese nobility and the outlaw Jesse James. Patrons enjoyed the first bowling alley in the West, the first electric lighting in New Mexico, celebrated hot springs and spas, and exquisite cuisine, including fresh fish and sea turtles hauled by rail from the West Coast and Mexico. In spite of its illustrious past, the Montezuma stood empty for much of the last century -- the structure vandalised and falling into ruin. Chances for its resurrection looked dim until 1997 when the National Trust for Historic Preservation designated the former hotel as one of America's eleven Most Endangered Historic Places. It was the first property west of the Mississippi to gain that attention, and a committed preservation effort followed.Here is the story of the castle's heritage, its architectural grandeur and its rebirth as an educational complex serving the diverse, global population of students attending the United World College of the American West, founded by Armand Hammer with help from Prince Charles.