When Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History - Matthew Restall Audiobook
Language: EnglishKeywords:
Aztec
Biography
History
Mexican
Mexico
Nahuatl
True Crime
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A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortés that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas
On November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortés first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan. This introduction - the prelude to the Spanish seizure of Mexico City and to European colonization of the mainland of the Americas - has long been the symbol of Cortés’ bold and brilliant military genius. Montezuma, on the other hand, is remembered as a coward who gave away a vast empire and touched off a wave of colonial invasions across the hemisphere.
But is this really what happened? In a departure from traditional tellings, When Montezuma Met Cortés uses “the Meeting” - as Restall dubs their first encounter - as the entry point into a comprehensive reevaluation of both Cortés and Montezuma. Drawing on rare primary sources and overlooked accounts by conquistadors and Aztecs alike, Restall explores Cortés’ and Montezuma’s posthumous reputations, their achievements and failures, and the worlds in which they lived - leading, step by step, to a dramatic inversion of the old story. As Restall takes us through this sweeping, revisionist account of a pivotal moment in modern civilization, he calls into question our view of the history of the Americas and, indeed, of history itself.
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This post has 4 comments with rating of 5/5
November 27th, 2020
If you have any information which could lead to the apprehension of the suspect known as “Hernando Cortés” (refer to sketchy photofit) do call our toll-free number…
November 27th, 2020
I love how all these “revisions” presume the average reader today still has a 1950’s perspective and understanding on history… “Why, it is perfectly natural that the white man should conquer and civilize these heathen savages.”
Then they can come along and offer correctives by way of their deep moral insights. Oh well, overturning “old” narratives is all the rage, so I suppose we must be prepared for them to be overturned and overturned ad nauseam for the foreseeable future. When, ironically, overturning the dominant narrative would involve justifying Cortes and making him a hero, not vilifying him.
As always, thanks for the upload. I may even give it a listen. Could be the publishers blurp is more about generating sales with the millennials than anything.
As for Cortes, I think he was last spotted jumping a border fence somewhere in Arizona.
:)
November 28th, 2020
Who was it that said “History in the making is always censored”? Guess Lenin? He knew enough about all that.
March 12th, 2021
this ehead guy has got a point.
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