ISBN:
0671511041
,
9780671511043
Language:
English
Pages:
xx, 812 Seiten
,
Illustrationen, Karten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster paperback edition
DDC:
972.02
Keywords:
Montezuma
;
Cortés, Hernán
;
Cortés, Hernán
;
Montezuma
;
History
;
Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540
;
Mexico
;
Eroberung Mexikos
;
Moctezuma II. Aztekenreich, Herrscher 1466-1520
;
Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547
Abstract:
Illustrations -- Preface -- Notes -- Ancient Mexico: -- Harmony and order -- Palace of the white sedges -- I see misfortune come -- Not with love but with fear -- Spain Of The Golden Age: -- Golden years begin -- Pope must have been drunk -- Better lands have never been discovered -- What I saw was so splendid -- Great Lord born in brocade -- Sweating, hunger and hard work -- To Know The Secrets Of The Land: -- Gentlemanly pirate -- Advantage of having horse and cannon -- As much as where Solomon took the gold for the temple -- Dragon's head for a "Florentine" glass -- They received him with trumpets -- If I continue, shall I win? -- To leave none of us alive -- This cruelty restored order -- Another new world of great cities and towers -- Cortes And Montezuma: -- Image of Quetzalcoat -- Bees and spider make works of art -- Something must be done for the Lord -- Cortes' Plans Undone: -- King, our lord, is more King than other Kings -- Voice very deep and hoarse as if it came from a vault -- To cut off Don Hernando's ears -- Blood of the chieftains ran like water -- As a song you were born, Montezuma -- Fortune spins her wheel -- Spanish Recovery: -- Sweetness of death by the obsidian knife -- It was convenient to impose the said punishment -- My principal intention and motive in making this war -- They were all lords -- Battle For Tenochtitlan: -- Remember the bold hearts -- Great harvest of captives -- Such mad dogs -- Aftermath: -- General exodus -- Songs and voices scarcely ceased -- Clause in Adam's will which excludes France -- Absolute monarch -- Epilogue -- Glossary -- Appendices: -- Population of old Mexico -- Summary of Montezuma's tribute -- Mexican calendars -- Spanish money c-1520 -- Cortes' ladies -- Genealogies: -- Emperors of Mexico -- Spanish and imperial royal families -- Cortes and his relations -- Transformation of the Mexican royal family -- Cortes' arrival in the nobility -- Unpublished Documents: -- Cortes' father Martin Cortes in Medellin -- Cortes' grandfather Diego Alfon Altamirano -- Cortes' journey to America 1506 -- Letter from Cortes' in Mexico, 6 July 1519 -- Montezuma's concession of power, 1520 -- New evidence about the death of Catalina -- Cortes, art and loyalty -- Diego Velazquez's punishments -- Chapter notes -- Sources -- Index.
Abstract:
Overview: The unparalleled history of the fall of old Mexico. Drawing on newly discovered sources and writing with brilliance, drama, and profound historical insight, Hugh Thomas presents an engrossing narrative of one of the most significant events of Western history. Ringing with the fury of two great empires locked in an epic battle, Conquest captures in extraordinary detail the Mexican and Spanish civilizations and offers unprecedented in-depth portraits of the legendary opponents, Montezuma and Cortes. Conquest is an essential work of history from one of our most gifted historians
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 774-793) and index
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