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Item Information   Holdings       More by this author     Restall, Matthew, author.     Subjects     Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520.     Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.     Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520.     Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547.     Conquest of Mexico (1519-1540)     HISTORY / Expeditions & Discoveries     HISTORY / Latin America / Mexico.     POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.     Imperialism -- History.     HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.     HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.     POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.     Imperialism     HISTORY -- Expeditions & Discoveries.     HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.     POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.     Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540     Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540     Mexico     Browse Catalog     by author:      Restall, Matthew, author.       by title:      When Montezuma met C...         MARC Display

When Montezuma met Cortés : the true story of the meeting that changed history / Matthew Restall. by Restall, Matthew, author. New York, NY : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2018] Description:  xxxiii, 526 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm Edition:  First edition. 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. 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" ---Publisher A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas 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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Copy Status   Calmar Campus Library Circulation Stacks (Calmar) 972.02 Res 2018 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Peosta Library Circulation Stacks 972.02 Res 2018 Checked In Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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