The history of the conquest of New Spain / / by Bernal Diaz del Castillo ; edited and with an introduction by David Carrasco with additional essays by Rolena Adorno, David Carrasco, Sandra Cypess, and Karen Vieira Powers
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Diaz del Castillo Bernal <1496-1584.>
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| Titolo: |
The history of the conquest of New Spain / / by Bernal Diaz del Castillo ; edited and with an introduction by David Carrasco with additional essays by Rolena Adorno, David Carrasco, Sandra Cypess, and Karen Vieira Powers
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| Pubblicazione: | Albuquerque, : University of New Mexico Press, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (505 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 972/.02 |
| Soggetto topico: | Imperialism - History - 16th century |
| Soggetto geografico: | Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540 |
| New Spain History 16th century | |
| Altri autori: |
CarrascoDavid
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Preface; The Expedition under Cordova; The Expedition under Grijalva; The Expedition under Cortés Begins; Cortés Finds an Interpreter; Cortés Attacks the Ceiba Tree; Enter Doña Marina; Signs of Empire; Spaniards Viewed as Gods; Cortés Destroys the Ships; War in Tlaxcala; The Spaniards' Plea for Peace and Alliance; Ambassadors from Montezuma Arrive; Baptizing Tlaxcalan Women; The Massacre at Cholula; The March to Mexico; Arrival in the Splendid City of Tenochtitlan; Montezuma in Captivity; Games with Montezuma |
| Cortés Struggles with Narváez Spanish Massacre of the Dancers; Spanish Defeat and the Noche Triste; The Return to the Valley and the Alliance with Texcoco; The Beige Begins from Texcoco; Indian Allies and Spanish Disasters; Dismal Drums and Human Sacrifices; The Fall of Mexico and the Surrender of Guatemoc; The City as a Wasteland; Torturing Guatemoc for Treasure; Zapotec Fury; Pedro de Alvarado Attacks in Guatemala; Turmoil in Chiapas; The Arrival of the Twelve Franciscans; Mexico City Becomes a Roman Circus; Maps; Bernal Díaz del Castillo; Cortés and the Sacred Ceiba; Colonial Sexuality | |
| La Malinche as Palimpset The Exaggerations of Human Sacrifice; Tenochtitlan as a Political Capital and World Symbol; Human Sacrifice/Debt Payments from the Aztec Point of View; Spaniards as Gods | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | A new abridgment of Diaz del Castillo's classic Historia verdadera de la conquista de Nueva España. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The history of the conquest of New Spain |
| ISBN: | 1-280-77251-4 |
| 9786613683281 | |
| 0-8263-4288-4 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816984903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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