El Lienzo de Tlaxcala
By: [contribuciones de] Baltazar Brito Guadarrama, Itzel González Pérez, Rosalba Sánchez Flores, Pilar Regueiro Suárez, Juan Manuel Pérez Zevallos
Edition: Primera edición.
Series: Tezontle; Tezontle
Publisher: Fondo de Cultura Economica; Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Ciudad de México
Language: spa
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9786071672605; 9786075395449
Copyright date: 2021
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; History; Sources; Tlaxcalan Indians; Languages; Writing; Lienzo de Tlaxcala
Description: The alliance of the Tlaxcalans, a people with a culture similar to that of their neighbors who are members of the Triple Alliance Mexico, Texcoco and Tlacopan and of the Nahuatl language, with Cortés and the Spaniards under his command, was extremely important, if not decisive. in the conquest of Mexico. When the great city of Mexico-Tenochtitlan was taken, and at the same time as the conquest of various places in the center, north, and part of what was later called New Spain, the Tlaxcalans recorded their participation in these actions, as well as the rewards received from the Spanish authorities. And in doing so, they left us a rich set of images that illustrate, from their own vision, what the Conquest was. The Lienzo de Tlaxcala, a kind of epic pictographic account of the actions carried out by the Traxcalans, is one of the most important historical documents to have a slightly more objective view of what happened in that period. The 91 plates that compose it, complemented by the comments of five specialists in this decisive historical period, show that history is much more complex than it superficially appears.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references. (page 229-232).
Table of contents: title: Presentación / Miguel León-Portilla; title: Historia dl Lienzo de Tlaxcala o "Mapa Historiográfico" / Baltazar Brito Guadarrama; title: Descripción de las láminas. I. Mapa Historiográfico de Tlaxcala / Baltazar Brito Guadarrama; title: II. El pacto / Baltazar Brito Guadarrama; title: III. Rumbo al imperio / Itzel González Pérez y Rosalba Sánchez Flores; title: IV. El retorno a Tlaxcala / Baltazar Brito Guadarrama y Pilar Regueiro Suárez; title: V. Someter para aliar: la conquista de la provincia de Tepeaca / Rosalba Sánchez Flores e Itzel González Pérez; title: VI. La conquista de Tenochtitlan / Rosalba Sánchez Flores e Itzel González Pérez; title: VII. La conquista de la Huasteca y sus vecinos / Juan Manuel Pérez Zevallos; title: VIII. La conquista de occidente / Rosalba Sánchez Flores; title: IX. Rumbo al sur / Itzel González Pérez; title: X. Pedro de Alvarado en Centroamérica / Pilar Regueiro Suárez y Juan Manuel Pérez Zevallos; title: Apéndice: descripción del mapa historiógrafo; title: Bibliografía general.