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Pages: 228
Authors: Stephanie Wood
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-08-31 - Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press

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Columbus arrived on North American shores in 1492, and Cortés had replaced Moctezuma, the Aztec Nahua emperor, as the major figurehead in central Mexico by 152
Invading Guatemala
Language: en
Pages: 154
Authors: Matthew Restall
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: Penn State Press

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The invasions of Guatemala -- Pedro de Alvarado's letters to Hernando Cortes, 1524 -- Other Spanish accounts -- Nahua accounts -- Maya accounts
Memories of Conquest
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Laura E. Matthew
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-04-30 - Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

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Indigenous allies helped the Spanish gain a foothold in the Americas. What did these Indian conquistadors expect from the partnership, and what were the implica
La Conquistadora
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Authors: Amy G. Remensnyder
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La Conquistadora explores Mary's prominence on and off the battlefield in the culturally and ethnically diverse world of medieval Iberia, where Muslims, Christi
Military Ethos and Visual Culture in Post-conquest Mexico
Language: en
Pages: 316
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Bringing to bear her extensive knowledge of the cultures of Renaissance Europe and sixteenth-century Mexico, Mónica Domínguez Torres here investigates the sig