The Broken Spears written by Miguel Leon-Portilla is a book that goes into depth about the conquest of Mexico starting in 1519 from an Aztec point of view. The book discusses everything in depth about what occurred during this time period of the conquest. It discusses when the Aztecs first take news of the arrival of Cortez and the Spaniards comparing it to small floating mountains off the Mexican coast‚ all the way to the revolt of the Aztec people that lead to the end of the Aztec civilization
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The Broken Spears Focus paper In The broken spears‚ author Miguel Leon-Portilla gives accounts from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1519. These accounts include several texts written by surviving indigenous people of the Aztec civilization; these perspectives truly shows the emotion‚ fear‚ and uncertainty the Aztec’s felt in depth during this time. With the accounts in our textbook and the broken spears‚ we are able to draw conclusions viewing both facts and experiences through this
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_The Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of _Mexico‚ edited and with an introduction by Miguel Leon-Portillo (Boston: Beacon Press‚ 1992)‚ pp. 196 Reviewed by: Nicholas Adams Broken Spears is an accumulated‚ chronological collection of texts and accounts of the invasion of the Aztec empire by the Spanish from April 22‚ 1519 to August 13‚ 1521. This time period from arrival to the surrender of the Aztec empire to the Spanish is filled with interactions between two different people and
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The Conquest of New Spain was an interesting period of Spanish history‚ during this time the Spanish Empire was in a period of extensive. There are two sources that were written during this time‚ that portray events in different light. The first letter is written by Hernan Cortés to the Spanish king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles the V‚ and is a report written by Cortés about the Yucatan‚ describing its people and Cortés’ journey throughout these lands. The next letter is written by Bernal Diaz del
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named George L. Cowgill‚ a professor at Brandeis University in Massachusetts‚ argued that Leon-Portilla’s use of sources mostly came from Sahagun’s Codex Florentino and other numerous native sources that fit well to create the Aztec account of the conquest of Mexico. Cowgill felt that Leon-Portilla’s book did a successful job in achieving its purpose of telling the story through the account of the natives and the overall story seemed to flow very well as a narrative. Cowgill felt Portilla’s book was
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The Spanish conquistadors were successful in their battles against the inhabitants of the New World largely due to the native disunity among the various tribes of Mexico. Local tribes had differing political‚ religious‚ and cultural beliefs‚ and often waged wars against each other. As a result‚ an enemy’s enemy often became an ally‚ as evidenced in Cortes’ alliance with the Tlaxcalteca group. Tlaxcalteca was an enemy of Cholula‚ and members in the Traxcalteca community “brought certain rumors to
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Colonies of New Spain In the decades after 1519‚ the Spaniards created the distinctive colonial society of New Spain. Through this paper I will discuss the features of this new society‚ how it benefitted the Spanish‚ and its toll on the native populations using evidence and facts found in out textbook‚ The American Promise: A Concise History and an article from the Economist Newspaper titled‚ Americas:1519: The Conquest. It started in the sixteenth century when the New World helped Spain become the
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The Broken Spears is a book written by Miguel Leon-Portilla that gives accounts of the fall of the Aztec Empire to the Spanish in the early 16th century. The book is much different from others written about the defeat of the empire because it was written from the vantage point of the Aztecs rather then the Spanish. Portilla describes in-depth many different reasons why the Spanish were successful in the defeat of such a strong Empire. Portilla starts out by giving a thorough background of the
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BSCS 421 Spanish (Mexico) Mexico: The “NEW SPAIN” The history of Mexico‚ a country located in the southern portion of North America‚ covers a period of more than two millennia. First populated more than 13‚000 years ago‚ the country produced complex indigenous civilizations before being conquered by the Spanish in the 16th century. Since the Spanish conquest‚ Mexico has fused its long-established native civilizations with European culture. Perhaps
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In 1521 Spain claim ownership of the indigenous land‚ the greatest Aztec city‚ Tenochtitlan after being was defeated that very year‚ ending Aztec civilisation. Spain renamed their new territory as New Spain. On behalf of the Spanish crown many ventured to find new grand territories‚ also seeking gold. Spain spread its control by wanting to convert the indigenous people to Christianity creating cultural genocide assuring a change in religions. Spain instilled a social control over New Spain. To show
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