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The broken spears: the Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico
Miguel León Portilla, Angel María Garibay K., Lysander Kemp and Alberto Beltrán
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Frontmatter
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Illustrations (page vii)
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Translator's Note (page ix)
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Foreword (page xi)
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Introduction (page xxv)
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Chapter One Omens Foretelling the Arrival of the Spaniards (page 3)
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Chapter Two First Reports of the Spaniards' Arrival (page 13)
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Chapter Three The Messengers' Journeys (page 21)
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Chapter Four Motecuhzoma's Terror and Apathy (page 32)
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Chapter Five The Spaniards March on Tlaxcala and Cholula (page 37)
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Chapter Six The Gifts of Gold: The God Tezcatlipoca Appears (page 50)
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Chapter Seven The Spaniards Are Welcomed in Tezcoco (page 56)
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Chapter Eight The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan (page 62)
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Chapter Nine The Massacre in the Main Temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl (page 70)
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Chapter Ten The Night of Sorrows (page 83)
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Chapter Eleven The Siege of Tenochtitlan (page 91)
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Chapter Twelve Spanish Raids into the Besieged City (page 103)
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Chapter Thirteen The Surrender of Tenochtitlan (page 115)
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Chapter Fourteen The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlatelolco (page 127)
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Chapter Fifteen Elegies on the Fall of the City (page 145)
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Chapter Sixteen Aftermath (page 150)
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Appendix (page 175)
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Postscript (page 183)
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Selected Bibliography (page 193)
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Index (page 197)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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AANTH | 64.5, Part 1 (Oct. 1962): 1103 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/666979 |
ENHR | 80.315 (Apr. 1965): 391-392 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/560182 |
HAHR | 43.2 (May 1963): 281-282 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/2510504 |
JAF | 76.302 (Oct.-Dec. 1963): 349-350 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/537939 |
TA | 19.2 (Oct. 1962): 201-202 | http://www.jstor.org/stable/978894 |
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Published: c2006
Publisher: Beacon Press
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