The Broken Spears
Subtitle: the Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico
By: edited and with an introduction by Miguel León-Portilla ; with a foreword by J. Jorge Klor de Alva ; translated from Nahuatl into Spanish by Angel María Garibay K. ; English translation by Lysander Kemp ; illustrations, adapted from original codices paintings, by Alberto Beltran.
Contributors: León Portilla, Miguel.; Klor de Alva, Jose Jorge.; Garibay K., Angel María 1892-1967.; Kemp, Lysander, 1920-; Beltran, Alberto.
Edition: Expanded and updated ed.
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780807055007
Subjects: Aztecs -- First contact with Europeans -- Sources.; Indians of Mexico -- First contact with Europeans -- Sources.; Nahuatl literature -- Translations into Spanish.; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.; Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540 -- Sources.
Genres: Sources.; Translations into Spanish.
Other titles: Aztec account of the Conquest of Mexico
Work titles: Visión de los vencidos. English
Description: "For hundreds of years, the history of the conquest of Mexico and the defeat of the Aztecs has been told in the words of the Spanish victors. Miguel León-Portilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this new and updated edition of his classic The Broken Spears, León-Portilla has included accounts from native Aztec descendants across the centuries. These texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. León-Portilla's new Postscript reflects upon the critical importance of these unexpected historical accounts"--P.[4] of cover.
Notes: "Originally published in Spanish under the title of Visión de los vencidos"--T.p. verso.

Includes a new postscript by the author (2006).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.
Table of contents: title: Omens foretelling the arrival of the Spaniards; title: First reports of the Spaniards' arrival; title: The messengers' journeys; title: Motecuhzoma's terror and apathy; title: The Spaniards march on Tlaxcala and Cholula; title: The gifts of gold: the god Tezcatlipoca appears; title: The Spaniards are welcomed in Tezcoco; title: The Spaniards arrive in Tenochtitlan; title: The massacre in the main temple during the fiesta of Toxcatl; title: The night of sorrows; title: The siege of tenochtitlan; title: Spanish raids into the besieged city; title: The surrender of Tenochtitlan; title: The story of the conquest as told by the anonymous authors of Tlatelolco; title: Elegies on the fall of the city; title: Aftermath.