Fall of the Mexica

Hernan Cortes. Montezuma. The Conquest of Mexico. Part 6 of Conquest of the Americas

Show Notes

Jesse gives his take on the classic and epic tale of the conquest of Mexico feat. Hernán Cortés, Moctezuma II, et al.  He asks important questions as well, like, "Do you believe in human sacrifice?"

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Primary Sources

Letters from Hernán Cortés

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 1 (of 2)

The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2)

The Conquistadors, Edited and translated by Patricia de Fuentes

Victors and Vanquished, Edited by Stuart B. Schwartz

The Broken Spears, Miguel Leon-Portilla

Secondary Sources

Latin American Civilization edited by Benjamin Keen

The History of Latin America, Marshall Eakin

Mexico and the Spanish Conquest, Ross Hassig

De Orbe Novo, Peter Martyr

The Course of Mexican History, Meyer, Sherman, Deeds

The European Discovery of America, Samuel Elliot Morrison

The Aztecs, Michael Smith

Conquest, Hugh Thomas

History of the Conquest of Mexico, William Prescott

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