Conquest by Thomas, Hugh -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Dedication List of Illustrations Preface Notes Part I: Ancient Mexico

Chapter 1: Harmony and order Chapter 2: Palace of the white sedges Chapter 3: I see misfortune come Chapter 4: Not with love but with fear

Part II: Spain of the Golden Age

Chapter 5: The golden years begin Chapter 6: The Pope must have been drunk Chapter 7: Better lands have never been discovered Chapter 8: What I saw was so splendid Chapter 9: A great Lord born in brocade Chapter 10: Sweating, hunger and hard work

Part III: To know the Secrets of the Land

Part IV: Cortés and Montezuma

Chapter 20: An image of Quetzalcoatl Chapter 21: Bees and spiders make works of art Chapter 22: Something must be done for the Lord

Part V: Cortés’ Plans Undone

Part VI: The Spanish Recovery

Part VII: The Battle for Tenochtitlan

Chapter 33: Remember the bold hearts Chapter 34: A great harvest of captives Chapter 35: Such mad dogs

Part VIII: Aftermath

Chapter 36: The general exodus Chapter 37: The songs and voices scarcely ceased Chapter 38: The clause in Adam’s will which excludes France Chapter 39: An absolute monarch

Epilogue Illustrations Glossary Appendices

I: The population of old Mexico II: A summary of Montezuma’s tribute III: Mexican calendars IV: Spanish money c.1520 V: Cortés’ ladies

Genealogies

I: The emperors of Mexico II: The Spanish and imperial royal families III: Cortés and his relations IV: The transformation of the Mexican royal family V: Cortés’ arrival in the nobility

Unpublished Documents

1: Cortés’ father Martín Cortés in Medellín 2: Cortés’ grandfather Diego Alfon Altamirano 3: Cortés’ journey to America, 1506 4: A letter from Cortés in Mexico, 6 July 1519 5: Montezuma’s concession of power, 1520 6: New evidence about the death of Catalina 7: Cortés, art and loyalty 8: Diego Velázquez’s punishments

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