Broken Spears: The Aztec Account of the Conquest of Mexico
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In this updated edition of the classic THE BROKEN SPEARS, Leon-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. Publishers Weekly Fascinating and moving native Aztec descriptions of Cortez's conquest of Mexico. First collected in 1962, now in a new expanded and updated edition. (May)
IllustrationsTranslator's NoteForewordIntroductionCh. 1Omens Foretelling the Arrival of the Spaniards3Ch. 2First Reports of the Spaniards' Arrival13Ch. 3The Messengers' Journeys21Ch. 4Motecuhzoma's Terror and Apathy32Ch. 5The Spaniards March on Tlaxcala and Cholula37Ch. 6The Gifts of Gold: The God Tezcatlipoca Appears50Ch. 7The Spaniards Are Welcomed in Tezcoco56Ch. 8The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan62Ch. 9The Massacre in the Main Temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl70Ch. 10The Night of Sorrows83Ch. 11The Siege of Tenochtitlan91Ch. 12Spanish Raids into the Besieged City103Ch. 13The Surrender of Tenochtitlan115Ch. 14The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlatelolco127Ch. 15Elegies on the Fall of the City145Ch. 16Aftermath150Appendix175Selected Bibliography183Index189
