| conquistadores de la historia: Conquistadores Fernando Cervantes, 2021-09-14 A sweeping, authoritative history of 16th-century Spain and its legendary conquistadors, whose ambitious and morally contradictory campaigns propelled a small European kingdom to become one of the formidable empires in the world “The depth of research in this book is astonishing, but even more impressive is the analytical skill Cervantes applies. . . . [He] conveys complex arguments in delightfully simple language, and most importantly knows how to tell a good story.” —The Times (London) Over the few short decades that followed Christopher Columbus's first landing in the Caribbean in 1492, Spain conquered the two most powerful civilizations of the Americas: the Aztecs of Mexico and the Incas of Peru. Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro, and the other explorers and soldiers that took part in these expeditions dedicated their lives to seeking political and religious glory, helping to build an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. But centuries later, these conquistadors have become the stuff of nightmares. In their own time, they were glorified as heroic adventurers, spreading Christian culture and helping to build an empire unlike any the world had ever seen. Today, they stand condemned for their cruelty and exploitation as men who decimated ancient civilizations and carried out horrific atrocities in their pursuit of gold and glory. In Conquistadores, acclaimed Mexican historian Fernando Cervantes—himself a descendent of one of the conquistadors—cuts through the layers of myth and fiction to help us better understand the context that gave rise to the conquistadors' actions. Drawing upon previously untapped primary sources that include diaries, letters, chronicles, and polemical treatises, Cervantes immerses us in the late-medieval, imperialist, religious world of 16th-century Spain, a world as unfamiliar to us as the Indigenous peoples of the New World were to the conquistadors themselves. His thought-provoking, illuminating account reframes the story of the Spanish conquest of the New World and the half-century that irrevocably altered the course of history. |
| conquistadores de la historia: A History of the Discovery and Conquest of Peru Agustin de Zárate, 1933 |
| conquistadores de la historia: The True History of the Conquest of New Spain Bernal Díaz del Castillo, 1910 |
| conquistadores de la historia: The Duke of Alba Henry Kamen, 2004-01-01 An engrossing biography that attempts to fathom the motivations of an infamous sixteenth-century Spanish general Ferdinand Alvarez de Toledo, the third duke of Alba (1507-82), is known to history as the butcher of Flanders. The general who carried out Philip II's repressive policies in the Netherlands, he was responsible for the massacre of thousands of men, women, and children, considering it better to lay waste an entire country than leave it in the hands of heretics. Alba came to represent for contemporaries as well as for future generations the unacceptable face of Spanish imperialism. In this intriguing re-evaluation, Henry Kamen narrates the duke's personal history, looking beyond the conventional image to reveal motives and to explain rather than simply to condemn. Kamen examines the early years of Alba's life, his travels over the whole of Europe, and the complex military and political career that made him Spain's leading general of the imperial age. Drawing on the duke's rich and expressive surviving correspondence, Kamen explores Alba's beliefs and considers his infamous actions within the contexts of his time and of the monarchs--Emperor Charles V and King Philip II of Spain--whom he served. |
| conquistadores de la historia: The Spanish Conquistadores Frederick Alexander Kirkpatrick, 1962 Here, for the first time, the history of the Spanish conquests in the Americas is related in a one-volume survey of the great movement that forever transfigured the nations and cultures of both sides of the Atlantic. F.A. Kirkpatrick , well known for his contributions to the Cambridge Modern History and for his splendid History of the Argentine REpublic, follows the course of the Spanish envelopment of Latin America from the four voyages of Columbus to the invasion of the river Plate six years later, including vivid descriptions of the voyage of Magellan, Cortés' march on Mexico, the discovery of the Pacific, the conquest of Incan Peru, the great adventures in the land of Cinnamon and the River of the Amazons, the wars of Las Salinas and Chupas, the Spanish Main, and the spice trade. The main misdeeds of the Conquistadores are catalogued, but Mr. Kirkpatrick's work is free of political and religious attitudes so that we have one of the few histories of early America written in the English language which is eminently fair and is, at the same time, a scholarly and penetrating history of a great phase of the emergence of the Western Hemisphere -- Back cover. |
| conquistadores de la historia: The Native Conquistador Amber Brian, Bradley Benton, Pablo García Loaeza, 2015-06-18 For many years, scholars of the conquest worked to shift focus away from the Spanish perspective and bring attention to the often-ignored voices and viewpoints of the Indians. But recent work that highlights the “Indian conquistadors” has forced scholars to reexamine the simple categories of conqueror and subject and to acknowledge the seemingly contradictory roles assumed by native peoples who chose to fight alongside the Spaniards against other native groups. The Native Conquistador—a translation of the “Thirteenth Relation,” written by don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl in the early seventeenth century—narrates the conquest of Mexico from Hernando Cortés’s arrival in 1519 through his expedition into Central America in 1524. The protagonist of the story, however, is not the Spanish conquistador but Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s great-great-grandfather, the native prince Ixtlilxochitl of Tetzcoco. This account reveals the complex political dynamics that motivated Ixtlilxochitl’s decisive alliance with Cortés. Moreover, the dynamic plotline, propelled by the feats of Prince Ixtlilxochitl, has made this a compelling story for centuries—and one that will captivate students and scholars today. |
| conquistadores de la historia: The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz Del Castillo Bernal Díaz del Castillo, 1844 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Chimalpahin's Conquest Susan Schroeder, 2010-07-19 This volume presents the story of Hernando Cortés's conquest of Mexico, as recounted by a contemporary Spanish historian and edited by Mexico's premier Nahua historian. Francisco López de Gómara's monumental Historia de las Indias y Conquista de México was published in 1552 to instant success. Despite being banned from the Americas by Prince Philip of Spain, La conquista fell into the hands of the seventeenth-century Nahua historian Chimalpahin, who took it upon himself to make a copy of the tome. As he copied, Chimalpahin rewrote large sections of La conquista, adding information about Emperor Moctezuma and other key indigenous people who participated in those first encounters. Chialpahin's Conquest is thus not only the first complete modern English translation of López de Gómara's La conquista, an invaluable source in itself of information about the conquest and native peoples; it also adds Chimalpahin's unique perspective of Nahua culture to what has traditionally been a very Hispanic portrayal of the conquest. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la Conquista de México James Lockhart, 1993 Historians are concerned today that the Spaniards' early accounts of their first experiences with the Indians in the Americas should be balanced with accounts from the Indian perspective. We People Here reflects that concern, bringing together important and revealing documents written in the Nahuatl language in sixteenth-century Mexico. James Lockhart's superior translation combines contemporary English with the most up-to-date, nuanced understanding of Nahuatl grammar and meaning. The foremost Nahuatl conquest account is Book Twelve of the Florentine Codex. In this monumental work, Fray Bernardino de Sahag�n commissioned Nahuas to collect and record in their own language accounts of the conquest of Mexico; he then added a parallel Spanish account that is part summary, part elaboration of the Nahuatl. Now, for the first time, the Nahuatl and Spanish texts are together in one volume with en face English translations and reproductions of the copious illustrations from the Codex. Also included are five other Nahua conquest texts. Lockhart's introduction discusses each one individually, placing the narratives in context. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Works Issued by the Hakluyt Society , 1898 |
| conquistadores de la historia: A Violent Evangelism Luis N. Rivera, Luis Rivera Pagán, 1992-01-01 In this thought-provoking book, Rivera argues that evangelical reasoning and symbolism were appropriated to justify the armed seizure of people and land in the New World and to validate the conversion, peaceful or forced, of the natives. He recaptures the 16-century political debates, contrasts discovery and conquest, and examines the tragic outcome: demographic collapse from the islands Columbus first sighted to the Inca empire in Peru. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Following the Conquistadores ...: Up the Orinoco and down the Magdalena ... 1910. F2216.Z2 John Augustine Zahm, 1910 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la Conquista Y Poblacion de la Provincia de Venezuela José de Oviedo y Baños, 1987-01-01 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista de Méjico ... Antonio de Solis y Ribadeneyra, 1858 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Compendio de la Historia de Mexico desde antes de la conquista hasta los tiempos presentes ... publicala S. Blanquel Epitacio J. de los RIOS, 1782 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista de Méjico William Hickling Prescott, José María González de la Vega, 1844 |
| conquistadores de la historia: The True History of the Conquest of Mexico Bernal Díaz del Castillo, 1800 In this sequel to the New York Times bestseller Lucy: The Beginnings of Mankind, celebrated paleoanthropologist Johanson, along with Wong, explore the extraordinary discoveries since Lucy was unearthed more than three decades ago |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista de Méjico, población y progresos de la América septentrional, conocida por el nombre de nueva España Antonio de Solís y Rivadeneira, 1843 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista del Perú William Hickling Prescott, 1847 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista de Méjico Antonio de Solís, 1831 |
| conquistadores de la historia: La escritura de una historia: lectura de Bernal y de la conquista Mª del Mar Campos Fernández-Fígares, 2000-09-25 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Following the Conquistadores ... John Augustine Zahm, 1916 |
| conquistadores de la historia: History of the Conquest of Peru William Hickling Prescott, 1847 |
| conquistadores de la historia: The Gulf of Mexico John S. Sledge, 2019-11-13 “[Sledge] rightfully celebrates and affirms the southern sea’s enriching past and gives readers reason to want for its wholesome and meaningful future.” —Jack E. Davis, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea The Gulf of Mexico presents a compelling, salt-streaked narrative of the earth’s tenth largest body of water. In this beautifully written and illustrated volume, John S. Sledge explores the people, ships, and cities that have made the Gulf’s human history and culture so rich. Many famous figures who sailed the Gulf’s viridian waters are highlighted, including Ponce de León, Robert Cavelier de La Salle, Francis Drake, Elizabeth Agassiz, Ernest Hemingway, and Charles Dwight Sigsbee at the helm of the doomed Maine. Gulf events of global historical importance are detailed, such as the only defeat of armed and armored steamships by wooden sailing vessels, the first accurate deep-sea survey and bathymetric map of any ocean basin, the development of shipping containers by a former truck driver frustrated with antiquated loading practices, and the worst environmental disaster in American annals. Occasionally shifting focus ashore, Sledge explains how people representing a gumbo of ethnicities built some of the world’s most exotic cities—Havana, way station for conquistadores and treasure-filled galleons; New Orleans, the Big Easy, famous for its beautiful French Quarter, Mardi Gras, and relaxed morals; and oft-besieged Veracruz, Mexico’s oldest city, founded in 1519 by Hernán Cortés. In the modern era the Gulf has become critical to energy production, fisheries, tourism, and international trade, even as it is threatened by pollution and climate change. The Gulf of Mexico is a work of verve and sweep that illuminates both the risks of life on the water and the riches that come from its bounty. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista de la provincia de la Nueva-Galicia Matías Angel de La Mota López Padilla, 1870 |
| conquistadores de la historia: A Compact History of Mexico Daniel Cosío Villegas, 1975 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Catalogue of Autographs and Manuscripts, Printed Books on the Inquisition, and Association Books Willson Wilberforce Blake, 1909 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Ninth Catalogue of Second-hand Books Willson Wilberforce Blake, 1910 |
| conquistadores de la historia: The True History of the Conquest of New Spain Bernal Díaz del Castillo, 1908 |
| conquistadores de la historia: The Man in the High Castle Philip K. Dick, 2011 Slavery is back. America, 1962. Having lost a war, America finds itself under Nazi Germany and Japan occupation. A few Jews still live under assumed names. The 'I Ching' is prevalent in San Francisco. Science fiction meets serious ideas in this take on a possible alternate history. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Conquistador Buddy Levy, 2009-07-28 In this astonishing work of scholarship that reads like an edge-of-your-seat adventure thriller, acclaimed historian Buddy Levy records the last days of the Aztec empire and the two men at the center of an epic clash of cultures perhaps unequaled to this day. It was a moment unique in human history, the face-to-face meeting between two men from civilizations a world apart. In 1519, Hernán Cortés arrived on the shores of Mexico, determined not only to expand the Spanish empire but to convert the natives to Catholicism and carry off a fortune in gold. That he saw nothing paradoxical in carrying out his intentions by virtually annihilating a proud and accomplished native people is one of the most remarkable and tragic aspects of this unforgettable story. In Tenochtitlán Cortés met his Aztec counterpart, Montezuma: king, divinity, commander of the most powerful military machine in the Americas and ruler of a city whose splendor equaled anything in Europe. Yet in less than two years, Cortés defeated the entire Aztec nation in one of the most astounding battles ever waged. The story of a lost kingdom, a relentless conqueror, and a doomed warrior, Conquistador is history at its most riveting. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España Bernal Díaz del Castillo, 1904 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Ecological Imperialism Alfred W. Crosby, 2004-01-12 The second edition of this classic work that evaluates the ecological reasons for European expansion. |
| conquistadores de la historia: List of Works in the New York Public Library Relating to Mexico New York Public Library, 1909 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista de Mexico William Hickling Prescott, 1878 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de los musulmanes españoles hasta la conquista de Andalucía por los almorávides Reinhart Pieter Anne Dozy, 1877 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia breve de la conquista de los estados independientes del Imperio Mexicano Francisco Frejes, 1878 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de Belgrano Y de la Independencia Argentina Bartolomé Mitre, 1927 |
| conquistadores de la historia: Epistola posteritati Karl A. E. Enenkel, Peter Liebregts, 1998 One of the most noticeable features of the Renaissance is what Jacob Burckhardt called the rise of the individual - in politics and religion, in its social life and in the arts, and in the mentality of Renaissance man, with his inclination to explore, to invent and to make new discoveries. Yet this characteristic is also very puzzling to modern people, who see that although the categories of art which depict particular people increased to a spectacular degree in a period when biography and portrait painting were among the most popular genres, and autobiography began to emerge as a genre in itself and painters began to produce self-portraits, an interest individuals is not necessarily the same thing as the more recent interest in the purely personal aspects of individuals. Literary and artistic traditions, social and ideological backgrounds, and the motives for the production of literature have changed profoundly: Renaissance biography and autobiography, portraiture and self-portraiture have little to do with their modern counterparts. Therefore this book stresses that the Renaissance is not predominantly a mirror of modernity, but rather a period of stimulating difference or alterity. The contributors to this collection of essays aim to create a better understanding of Renaissance biographies and portraits through the analysis and reconstruction of the traditions, contexts, backgrounds and circumstances of their production. |
| conquistadores de la historia: Historia de la conquista del Paraguay, Rio de la Plata y Tucuman José Guevara, 1882 |
Conquistador - Wikipedia
Conquistadors (/ kɒnˈk (w) ɪstədɔːrz /, US also /- ˈkiːs -, kɒŋˈ -/) or conquistadores[1] (Spanish: [koŋkistaˈðoɾes]; Portuguese: [kõkiʃtɐˈðoɾɨʃ, kõkistɐˈdoɾis]; lit. 'conquerors') were Spanish and …
Conquistador | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
Jun 4, 2025 · Conquistador, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. The conquest of Mexico was carried out by Hernan …
Conquistador - World History Encyclopedia
Aug 30, 2022 · The conquistadors, meaning "conquerors", were Iberian military adventurers who operated as the vanguard of empires in the 15th and 16th centuries by exploring areas of the …
Who were the Conquistadors? – History, Infamous Figures ...
Jun 28, 2023 · Armed with the an adelantado, a title bestowed upon the conquistador by the Spanish monarch, conquistadors were instrumental in the conquest and colonization of vast …
10 Facts About the Spanish Conquistadors - ThoughtCo
Many conquistadors searched for the legendary El Dorado, but they never found the mythical city of gold. Following Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492, it wasn't long before the so-called …
13 Most Famous Conquistadors - Have Fun With History
Mar 3, 2023 · The Conquistadors were Spanish and Portuguese explorers and soldiers who played an important role in the 16th century exploration, conquest, and colonization of the …
Who Were the Conquistadors? - History Hit
Oct 22, 2020 · Today, the conquistadors are often associated with a kind of glamour – swashbuckling adventurers exploring an almost untouched tropical world, bringing home gold …
Conquistador - Wikipedia
Conquistadors (/ kɒnˈk (w) ɪstədɔːrz /, US also /- ˈkiːs -, kɒŋˈ -/) or conquistadores[1] (Spanish: [koŋkistaˈðoɾes]; Portuguese: [kõkiʃtɐˈðoɾɨʃ, kõkistɐˈdoɾis]; lit. 'conquerors') were Spanish and …
Conquistador | Definition, History, & Facts | Britannica
Jun 4, 2025 · Conquistador, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. The conquest of Mexico was carried out by Hernan …
Conquistador - World History Encyclopedia
Aug 30, 2022 · The conquistadors, meaning "conquerors", were Iberian military adventurers who operated as the vanguard of empires in the 15th and 16th centuries by exploring areas of the …
Who were the Conquistadors? – History, Infamous Figures ...
Jun 28, 2023 · Armed with the an adelantado, a title bestowed upon the conquistador by the Spanish monarch, conquistadors were instrumental in the conquest and colonization of vast …
10 Facts About the Spanish Conquistadors - ThoughtCo
Many conquistadors searched for the legendary El Dorado, but they never found the mythical city of gold. Following Christopher Columbus' voyage in 1492, it wasn't long before the so-called …
13 Most Famous Conquistadors - Have Fun With History
Mar 3, 2023 · The Conquistadors were Spanish and Portuguese explorers and soldiers who played an important role in the 16th century exploration, conquest, and colonization of the …
Who Were the Conquistadors? - History Hit
Oct 22, 2020 · Today, the conquistadors are often associated with a kind of glamour – swashbuckling adventurers exploring an almost untouched tropical world, bringing home gold …
