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Author Restall, Matthew, 1964-

Title Seven myths of the Spanish conquest / Matthew Restall.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  980.013 R436S    Check Shelf
Description xix, 218 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.
Contents A handful of adventurers: the myth of exceptional men -- Neither paid nor forced: the myth of the king's army -- Invisible warriors: the myth of the white conquistador -- Under the lordship of the king: the myth of completion -- The lost words of La Malinche: the myth of (mis)communication -- The Indians are coming to an end: the myth of native desolation -- Apes and men: the myth of superiority.
Subject Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Historiography.
Spaniards -- America -- Historiography.
Latin America -- History -- Errors, inventions, etc.
Myth.
ISBN 0195160770
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