02680nam a2200289 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020001800069020001500087040001700102041000800119050002700127100003000154245010400184260006900288300008600357504005300443505032900496520126300825600003602088600006302124650007102187650003802258650004602296651004802342BJBSDDR20230410143204.0ta180226s2018 nyua 000 0 eng d a9780062427267 a0062427261 bspacBJBSDDR0 aeng14a112 F 1230bR436w 20181 aRestall, Matthew, d1964-10aWhen Montezuma met Cortes : bthe true story of the meeting that changed history /cMatthew Restall aNew York :bEcco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, c2018 axxxi, 512 páginas :bilustraciones (color), mapas, tabla genealógica ;c24 cm aIncluye referencias bibliográficas e índice.0 aPrologue: 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. aOn 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"14aCortés, Hernán, d1485-154704aMontezuma bII cEmperador de México, dAprox. 1480-1520 4aMontezuma -- II, -- Emperor of Mexico, -- approximately 1480-1520. 4aCortés, Hernán, -- 1485-1547. 4aMexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540. 4aMéxico xHistoria yConquista, 1519-1540