The Conquistadors

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-19-539229-6
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 144 Seiten, Format (B × H): 113 mm x 177 mm, Gewicht: 114 g

Reihe: Very Short Introductions

With startling speed, Spanish conquistadors invaded hundreds of Native American kingdoms, took over the mighty empires of the Aztecs and Incas, and initiated an unprecedented redistribution of the world's resources and balance of power. They changed the course of history, but the myth they established was even stranger than their real achievements. This Very Short Introduction deploys the latest scholarship to shatter and replace the traditional narrative. Chapters explore New World civilizations prior to the invasions, the genesis of conquistador culture on both sides of the Atlantic, the roles black Africans and Native Americans played and the consequences of the invasions. The book reveals who the conquistadors were and what made their adventures possible.

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Autoren/Hrsg.

Restall, Matthew

Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte: Expeditionen & Entdeckungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Ch 1 A Great Many Hardships
Ch 2 Many Victories, Great Conquests
Ch 3 To Give Account of Whom I Am
Ch 4 By a Miracle of God
Ch 5 A Shortcut to the Grave
Further Reading

Über Autor(innen)

Matthew Restall is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Latin American History and Director of Latin American Studies, Pennsylvania State University. Felipe Fernández-Armesto is William P. Reynolds Professor of History, University of Notre Dame.