This is an account of the collapse of Montezuma's Mexican Empire under the onslaughts of Cortes's Conquistadors. At the beginning the reader is introduced to the capital city of the Aztecs, or Mexica - a massive edifice, far larger than any city in Europe at the time, and the centre of a culture which enshrined warfare and human sacrifice at the heart of the State. With the arrival of the Spanish, this civilization, seemingly so powerful, collapsed. This is an account, full of mutual incomprehension, cupidity for gold, ...
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This is an account of the collapse of Montezuma's Mexican Empire under the onslaughts of Cortes's Conquistadors. At the beginning the reader is introduced to the capital city of the Aztecs, or Mexica - a massive edifice, far larger than any city in Europe at the time, and the centre of a culture which enshrined warfare and human sacrifice at the heart of the State. With the arrival of the Spanish, this civilization, seemingly so powerful, collapsed. This is an account, full of mutual incomprehension, cupidity for gold, duplicity, ruthlessness and casual contempt for human life (the passages on human sacrifice are particularly unnerving). The author also wrote "The Spanish Civil War", "Cuba" and "Unfinished History of the World".
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Fair in Fair dust jacket. 0091776295. 812 pages. Index. Extensive footnotes. "Author has had access to documents which appear not to have been used previously by any historian, and he has thus been able to examine anew this great clash of empires which has had such enormous repercussions on world history. The result is a quite exceptional study by an historian of great distinction."-from dust jacket. Above-average wear. Usual library markings. Few pages partially free of binding. Overall a worthy reading copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; MEXICO HISTORY CONQUEST 1519 1540 World History.
