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  • Histories of Infamy

    Francisco López de Gómara and the Ethics of Spanish Imperialism

    by Cristián A. Roa-de-la-Carrera ...
    Translated by Scott Sessions ...
    "Roa-de-la-Carrera convincingly shows that Gómara, as well as other historians in the period, cannot easily ignore nor erase the contradictions of the Spanish colonial project."- Luis Fernando Restrepo, University of Arkansas“In an eloquent and thorough exegesis, Roa-de-la-Carrera reveals how and why López de Gómara, having written the best of all possible books in exultation of Spanish ... Read more

    $15.09 USD

  • Daily Life of the Aztecs

    by Davíd Carrasco, Scott Sessions ...
    Series series The Greenwood Press Daily Life Through History Series
    Examine the fascinating details of the daily lives of the ancient Aztecs through this innovative study of their social history, culture, and continuing influence, written from the perspective of the history of religions.Utilizing insights from the discipline known as the history of religions, as well as new discoveries in archaeology, pictorial manuscripts, and ritual practices, Daily Life of the ... Read more

    $26.49 USD

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  • When Montezuma Met Cortés

    The True Story of the Meeting that Changed History

    by Matthew Restall ...
    A re-evaluation of the meeting between the Spanish adventurer and the Aztec ruler that challenges history's perspective about the conquest of the Americas.On November eight, 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 ... Read more

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  • From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico

    Religious Globalization in the Context of Empire

    Edited by David Charles Wright-Carr, Francisco Marco Simón ...
    From Ancient Rome to Colonial Mexico compares the Christianization of the Roman Empire with the evangelization of Mesoamerica, offering novel perspectives on the historical processes involved in the spread of Christianity. Combining concepts of empire and globalization with the notion of religion from a postcolonial perspective, the book proposes the method of analytical comparison as a point of ... Read more

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  • Frontiers of Possession

    Spain and Portugal in Europe and the Americas

    by Tamar Herzog ...
    A "lucid" analysis of the territorial formation of Spain and Portugal in both Europe and the Americas ( Publishers Weekly).Frontiers of Possession asks how territorial borders were established in Europe and the Americas during the early modern period and challenges the standard view that national boundaries are largely determined by military conflicts and treaties. Focusing on Spanish and ... Read more

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  • Conquistadors

    by Michael Wood ...
    The Spanish conquest of the Americas in the 16th century was one of the most important and cataclysmic events in history. Spanish expeditions endured incredible hardships in order to open up the lands of the 'New World', and few stories in history can match these for drama and endurance.In Conquistadors, Michael Wood follows in the footsteps of some of the greatest of the Spanish adventurers ... Read more

    $19.09 USD

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  • The Body of the Conquistador

    Food, Race and the Colonial Experience in Spanish America, 1492–1700

    by Rebecca Earle ...
    Series series Critical Perspectives on Empire
    This fascinating history explores the dynamic relationship between overseas colonisation and the bodily experience of eating. It reveals the importance of food to the colonial project in Spanish America and reconceptualises the role of European colonial expansion in shaping the emergence of ideas of race during the Age of Discovery. Rebecca Earle shows that anxieties about food were fundamental to ... Read more

    $24.59 USD

  • The Aztecs

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Carrasco ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book presents a very short introduction to the Aztecs using interpretive tools from religious studies and anthropology to uncover the paradox of Aztec life; on the one hand a people highly skilled in sculpture, astronomy, city planning, poetry and philosophic rhetoric while on the other hand a people profoundly committed to cosmic regeneration through the thrust of the ceremonial knife and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Translation as Conquest

    Sahagún and Universal History of the Things of New Spain

    by Victoria Ríos Castaño ...
    Series Book 13 - Parecos y Australes. Ensayos de Cultura de la Colonia
    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499-1590) directed the composition of an encyclopaedic work on the world of the Nahuas, Universal History of the Things of New Spain (ca. 1577-1579), for which he has received the title of pioneering ethnographer and anthropologist of colonial Mexico. Contextualizing Sahagún and his work in sixteenth-century Spain and America, this study presents him as a cultural ... Read more

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  • Aztecs: A History From Beginning to End

    by Henry Freeman ...
    The Aztec Empire did not recoil from the face of an impending doom, they struggled faithfully. Destined to emerge from their humble beginnings, it grew into a highly-complex devoted civilization refusing to live at the mercy of more neighboring powerful rulers. Their powerful pocheca combed the valley for luxury items while markets dotted their lands.Inside you will find...✓ Introduction✓ How the ... Read more

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  • Sin and Confession in Colonial Peru

    Spanish-Quechua Penitential Texts, 1560-1650

    by Regina Harrison ...
    Series series Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
    A central tenet of Catholic religious practice, confession relies upon the use of language between the penitent and his or her confessor. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, as Spain colonized the Quechua-speaking Andean world, the communication of religious beliefs and practices—especially the practice of confession—to the native population became a primary concern, and as a result, ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Moors Dressed as Moors

    Clothing, Social Distinction and Ethnicity in Early Modern Iberia

    by Javier Irigoyen-Garcia ...
    Series series Toronto Iberic
    In early modern Iberia, Moorish clothing was not merely a cultural remnant from the Islamic period, but an artefact that conditioned discourses of nobility and social preeminence.In Moors Dressed as Moors, Javier Irigoyen-Garcia draws on a wide range of sources: archival, legal, literary, and visual documents, as well as tailoring books, equestrian treatises, and festival books to reveal the ... Read more

    $64.09 USD