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When Montezuma met Cortés : the true story of the meeting that changed history, Matthew Restall
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- Summary
- "On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction--the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas--has long been the symbol of Cortés's bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere. But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses "the Meeting"--as Restall dubs their first encounter--as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés's and Montezuma's posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived--leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself" --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue: Invention
- Mysterious kindness
- No small amazement
- Social grace and monstrous ritual
- The empire in his hands
- The greatest enterprises
- Principal plunderers
- The epic boxer
- Without mercy or purpose
- Epilogue: Halls of the Montezumas
- Appendix: Language and label, cast and dynasty
- Isbn
- 9780062427267
- Label
- When Montezuma met Cortés : the true story of the meeting that changed history
- Title
- When Montezuma met Cortés
- Title remainder
- the true story of the meeting that changed history
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew Restall
- Subject
-
- Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540)
- trueConquest of Mexico (1519-1540) -- 1519 -- 1540
- trueCortes, Hernan, 1485-1547
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
- HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
- HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
- History
- trueHistory writing -- Latin America -- Native Americans
- trueHistory writing -- Latin America | Mexico
- trueIndians of Mexico -- History -- 16th century
- Mexico
- Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
- trueMexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
- Montezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520
- Montezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520
- trueMontezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico, ca. 1480-1520
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- trueAztecs -- History -- 16th century
- 1519-1540
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction--the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas--has long been the symbol of Cortés's bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere. But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses "the Meeting"--as Restall dubs their first encounter--as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés's and Montezuma's posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived--leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas, and, indeed, of history itself" --
- Summary
- The author of 2012 and the End of the World presents an extensively researched account of the early 16th-century encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortes that overturns what is popularly understood about the natures of both men and the Spanish conquest of the Americas
- Assigning source
- Publisher
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10619752
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1964-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Restall, Matthew
- Dewey number
- 972/.020922
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- genealogical tables
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
-
- F1230.M6
- F1230
- LC item number
-
- R47 2018
- .R47 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Montezuma
- Cortés, Hernán
- Cortés, Hernán
- Montezuma
- Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540)
- Mexico
- HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
- HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- Mexico
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the true story of the meeting that changed history
- Label
- When Montezuma met Cortés : the true story of the meeting that changed history, Matthew Restall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-508) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Invention -- Mysterious kindness -- No small amazement -- Social grace and monstrous ritual -- The empire in his hands -- The greatest enterprises -- Principal plunderers -- The epic boxer -- Without mercy or purpose -- Epilogue: Halls of the Montezumas -- Appendix: Language and label, cast and dynasty
- Control code
- 21287268
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062427267
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1012729478
- Label
- When Montezuma met Cortés : the true story of the meeting that changed history, Matthew Restall
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 469-508) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue: Invention -- Mysterious kindness -- No small amazement -- Social grace and monstrous ritual -- The empire in his hands -- The greatest enterprises -- Principal plunderers -- The epic boxer -- Without mercy or purpose -- Epilogue: Halls of the Montezumas -- Appendix: Language and label, cast and dynasty
- Control code
- 21287268
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxxiii, 526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780062427267
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1012729478
Subject
- Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540)
- trueConquest of Mexico (1519-1540) -- 1519 -- 1540
- trueCortes, Hernan, 1485-1547
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
- Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
- HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries
- HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico
- History
- trueHistory writing -- Latin America -- Native Americans
- trueHistory writing -- Latin America | Mexico
- trueIndians of Mexico -- History -- 16th century
- Mexico
- Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
- trueMexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540
- Montezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520
- Montezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520
- trueMontezuma, II, Emperor of Mexico, ca. 1480-1520
- POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
- trueAztecs -- History -- 16th century
- 1519-1540
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