The largest Spanish-speaking city in the world is set to host cultural activities that will enliven the grand Zócalo ...

Tenochtitlan: A Retelling of The Conquest : Throughline In a sense, 1521 is Mexico's 1619. A foundational moment that has for a long time been shaped by just one perspective, a European one.

TRUTH about the Conquistadors Posted: December 27, 2024 | Last updated: March 7, 2025 In 1519 Spanish explorer and Conquistador Hernan Cortez landed on the shore of eastern Mexico with 11 ships ...

The arrival of Spanish conquistadors in 1519 marked the decline of the Aztec Empire, influenced by both military conflict and religious beliefs. Today, many Mexicans still honor their Aztec heritage.

For centuries, the fall of Tenochtitlan, the majestic, lake-bound capital of the Aztecs or Mexica, has engaged historians and storytellers. To the admiring, conquest was neat, romantic and at once ...

Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan Stefan Rinke, trans. from the German by Christopher Reid. Oxford Univ, $34.95 (328p) ISBN 978-0-19-755246-9 ...

Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan, by Stefan Rinke, Oxford University Press, 328 pages. Contemporary historiography aims above all to treat native peoples seriously ...

The conquistadors, together with an alliance of Indigenous tribes – formerly tribute-paying city states – laid siege to the city in 1521, a siege that lasted for 93 days.

For Álvaro Enrigue, a novelist fascinated with historical detail, the first meeting of the Aztecs and Spanish conquistadors is the obsession of a lifetime. He brings it to life in “You Dreamed ...

HPH265 Tenochtitlan, City of Blood and Flowers: Aztec society in the early sixteenth century (20 credits) Year Running: 2025/2026 Credit level: F5 Description. Since the devastating arrival of the ...