02744nam a2200325 i 4500 97352 97352 BJBSDDR 20230410143204.0 ta 180226s2018 nyua 000 0 eng d 9780062427267 0062427261 spa BJBSDDR eng 112 F 1230 R436w 2018 Restall, Matthew, 1964- When Montezuma met Cortes : the true story of the meeting that changed history / Matthew Restall New York : Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2018 xxxi, 512 páginas : ilustraciones (color), mapas, tabla genealógica ; 24 cm Incluye referencias bibliográficas e índice. 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. 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" Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 Montezuma II Emperador de México, Aprox. 1480-1520 Montezuma -- II, -- Emperor of Mexico, -- approximately 1480-1520. Cortés, Hernán, -- 1485-1547. Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540. 9035 México Historia Conquista, 1519-1540 lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 0 112 F 1230 R436w 2018 00000123496 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 BK