The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of MexicoMiguel León Portilla Beacon Press, 1992 - 196 páginas In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. |
Contenido
Omens Foretelling the Arrival of the Spaniards | 3 |
First Reports of the Spaniards Arrival | 13 |
The Messengers Journeys | 21 |
Motecuhzomas Terror and Apathy | 32 |
The Spaniards March on Tlaxcala and Cholula | 37 |
The Gifts of Gold The God Tezcatlipoca Appears | 50 |
The Spaniards Are Welcomed in Tezcoco | 56 |
The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan | 62 |
The Siege of Tenochtitlan | 91 |
Spanish Raids into the Besieged City | 3 |
The Surrender of Tenochtitlan | 15 |
The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlatelolco | 27 |
Elegies on the Fall of the City | 45 |
Aftermath | 50 |
Appendix | 75 |
Selected Bibliography | 83 |
The Massacre in the Main Temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl | 70 |
The Night of Sorrows | 83 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Broken Spears 2007 Revised Edition: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of ... Miguel Leon-Portilla Vista previa limitada - 2006 |
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico Miguel León Portilla Vista de fragmentos - 1992 |
The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico Miguel León Portilla Vista de fragmentos - 1992 |
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