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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816879803321

Autore

Restall Matthew <1964->

Titolo

Seven myths of the Spanish conquest / / Matthew Restall [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771619-9

0-19-983975-1

9786612367441

1-282-36744-7

0-19-803643-4

1-60256-523-6

1-280-50318-1

9786610503186

0-19-518462-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

980/.013/072

Soggetti

Spaniards - America - Historiography

Myth

Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540 Historiography

Latin America History Errors, inventions, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 2003.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction The Lost Words of Bernal Díaz; 1 A Handful of Adventurers The Myth of Exceptional Men; 2 Neither Paid Nor Forced The Myth of the King's Army; 3 Invisible Warriors The Myth of the White Conquistador; 4 Under the Lordship of the King The Myth of Completion; 5 The Lost Words of La Malinche The Myth of (Mis)Communication; 6 The Indians Are Coming to an End The Myth of Native Desolation; 7 Apes and Men The Myth of Superiority; Epilogue Cuauhtémoc's Betrayal; Permissions; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U

VW; X; Y; Z;

Sommario/riassunto

This is an exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish



Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best known conquistadors and explorers.