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Foreword | p. iii |
Preface | p. v |
Note on Sources and Conventions Used | p. ix |
List of Maps and Illustrations | p. xv |
Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict | p. 1 |
A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica | p. 1 |
Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven | p. 6 |
Mexica Civilization and Society | p. 8 |
Renaissance Conquerors | p. 12 |
The Spanish Sources | p. 15 |
The Indigenous Historical Traditions | p. 20 |
The Documents | p. 29 |
Forebodings and Omens | p. 29 |
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | p. 31 |
Fray Martin de Jesus de la Coruna, Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams | p. 33 |
Diego Duran, from The History of the Indies of New Spain | p. 34 |
Preparations | p. 40 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 43 |
Hernan Cortes, Letters to Charles V | p. 75 |
Encounters | p. 79 |
Hernan Cortes, Letter to Charles V | p. 80 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 84 |
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | p. 91 |
The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula | p. 100 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 103 |
Andres de Tapia, Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre | p. 115 |
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | p. 119 |
From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala | p. 123 |
Tenochtitlan | p. 127 |
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | p. 128 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 133 |
Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste | p. 156 |
Francisco Lopez de Gomara, from Istoria de la conquista de Mexico | p. 159 |
From the Florentine Codex and the Codex Aubin | p. 162 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 167 |
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | p. 177 |
The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan | p. 182 |
From Chronicles of Michoacan | p. 184 |
Fray Bernardino de Sahagun, from the Florentine Codex | p. 189 |
Francisco de Aguilar, Eighth Jornada | p. 196 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 199 |
From Cantares mexicanos | p. 211 |
Aftermath: Tradition and Transformation | p. 214 |
Bernal Diaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain | p. 217 |
From the Codex Mendoza | p. 221 |
The Shape of the Land: The Codex Mendoza and the Relaciones geograficas | p. 226 |
Don Domingo de San Anton Munon Chimalpahin, The Death of Cuauhtemoc | p. 230 |
Title of Acalan-Tixel | p. 232 |
Town Council of Huejotzingo, Letter to King Phillip II | p. 233 |
The Annals of Cuauhtinchan | p. 240 |
Appendices | |
Chronology of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1485-1584) | p. 245 |
Questions for Consideration | p. 247 |
Biographical Notes | p. 249 |
Glossary of Spanish Terms | p. 253 |
Glossary of Nahuatl Terms | p. 254 |
Selected Bibliography | p. 257 |
Index | p. 261 |
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