Victors and vanquished : Spanish and Nahua views of the fall of the Mexica empire / edited with an introduction by Stuart B. Scwhartz, Tatiana Seijas.

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"The new edition of 'Victors and vanquished' highlights recent advances in the field of Mesoamerican ethnohistory that allow for a more thorough and nuanced understanding of the fall of the Mexica empire. A revised introduction is followed by eight chronological sections that illuminate the major ev...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Bedford series in history and culture.
Main Authors: Schwartz, Stuart B. (Author)
Seijas, Tatiana (Author)
Language:English
Published: Boston ; New York : Bedford/St. Martin's, [2018]
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Bedford series in history and culture.
Subjects:
Aztecs > First contact with other peoples > Sources.
Indigenous peoples of Mexico > First contact with other peoples > Sources.
Nahuas people > History > Sources.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Sources.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540 > Historiography.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540.
Ethnohistory > Mexico.
America > Early accounts to 1600.
Historiography.
Indians > First contact with Europeans.
America.
Mexico.
1519-1540
Early works.
History.
Sources.
Genre:
Sources.
Early accounts to 1600.
Early works.
History.
Physical Description:xviii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Part one. Introduction : states in conflict: A long tradition : the Indigenous peoples of Mesoamerica
  • Tenochtitlan : the foundation of heaven
  • Mexica society
  • Renaissance conquistadors
  • The Spanish sources
  • Indigenous historical traditions
  • Part two. The documents: Omens
  • Preparations
  • Encounters
  • The march inland : Tlaxcala and Cholula
  • Tenochtitlan
  • Things fall apart : Toxcatl and the Noche triste
  • The siege and fall of Tenochtitlan
  • Aftermath : tradition and transformation.