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Author | : Miguel Leon-Portilla |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 201 |
Release | : 2006-11-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 080705500X |
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For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
Author | : Miguel Leon-Portilla |
Publisher | : Beacon Press |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011-02-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0807095451 |
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For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts.
Author | : Miguel León Portilla |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : English literature |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : José Luis de Rojas |
Publisher | : University Press of Florida |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2012-12-04 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0813059461 |
Download Tenochtitlan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec empire before the Spanish conquest, rivaled any other great city of its time. In Europe, only Paris, Venice, and Constantinople were larger. Cradled in the Valley of Mexico, the city is unique among New World capitals in that it was well-described and chronicled by the conquistadors who subsequently demolished it. This means that, though centuries of redevelopment have frustrated efforts to access the ancient city’s remains, much can be told about its urban landscape, politics, economy, and religion. While Tenochtitlan commands a great deal of attention from archaeologists and Mesoamerican scholars, very little has been written about the city for a non-technical audience in English. In this fascinating book, eminent expert José Luis de Rojas presents an accessible yet authoritative exploration of this famous city--interweaving glimpses into its inhabitants’ daily lives with the broader stories of urbanization, culture, and the rise and fall of the Aztec empire.
Author | : Ross Hassig |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 428 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780806127736 |
Download Aztec Warfare Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
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.
Author | : Miguel León Portilla |
Publisher | : Beacon Press (MA) |
Total Pages | : 216 |
Release | : 1966 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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The conquest of Mexico told by the Aztecs and their descendants.
Author | : Inga Clendinnen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 575 |
Release | : 2014-05-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 110769356X |
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Recreates the culture of the city of Tenochtitlan in its last unthreatened years before it fell to the Spaniards.
Author | : Matthew Restall |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 154 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0271027584 |
Download Invading Guatemala Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The invasions of Guatemala -- Pedro de Alvarado's letters to Hernando Cortes, 1524 -- Other Spanish accounts -- Nahua accounts -- Maya accounts
Author | : Miguel Leon-Portilla |
Publisher | : University of Oklahoma Press |
Total Pages | : 322 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9780806132914 |
Download Fifteen Poets of the Aztec World Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
In this first English-language translation of a significant corpus of Nahuatl poetry into English, Miguel León-Portilla was assisted in his rethinking, augmenting, and rewriting in English by Grace Lobanov. Biographies of fifteen composers of Nahuatl verse and analyses of their work are followed by their extant poems in Nahuatl and in English.
Author | : Miguel Leon-Portilla |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 762 |
Release | : 2002-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780393324075 |
Download In the Language of Kings Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The first anthology in any language to represent the full trajectory of this remarkable literature.