The Broken Spears The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
Leon-Portilla, Migueal (ed.) Publisher: Beacon Press, Boston, USA Date Written: 01/01/1962 Year Published: 1962 ISBN: 0-8070-5499-2 Resource Type: Book
Translated selections of Nahuatl-language accounts of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire.
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Table of Contents:
Introduction
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 Good 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
Appendix Selected Bibliography Index
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