Felipe Fernandez-Armesto: The Conquistadors

Cover: 9780195392296 | The Conquistadors | A Very Short Introduction | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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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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Über den Autor

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.

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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2012
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Very Short Introductions
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780195392296
ISBN-10:	0195392299
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Fernandez-Armesto, Felipe Restall, Matthew
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press Inc Very Short Introductions
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	177 x 113 x 13 mm
Von/Mit:	Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.02.2012
Gewicht:	0,114 kg