Seven myths of the Spanish conquest

Oxford University Press

2003

xix, 218 p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.

9780195176117

Contents: A handful of adventurers: the myth of exceptional men -- Neither paid nor forced: the myth of the king's army -- Invisible warriors: the myth of the white conquistador -- Under the lordship of the king: the myth of completion -- The lost words of La Malinche: the myth of (mis)communication -- The Indians are coming to an end: the myth of native desolation -- Apes and men: the myth of superiority.

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