Foreword  

Preface

Note on Sources and Conventions Used

List of Maps and Illustrations

PART ONE

Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict

    A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica

    Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven

    Mexica Civilization and Society

    Renaissance Conquerors

    The Spanish Sources

    The Indigenous Historical Traditions

PART TWO

The Documents

  1. Forebodings and Omens

    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex

    Fray Martín de Jesús de la Coruña, Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams

    Diego Durán, From The History of the Indies of New Spain

  2. Preparations

    Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

    Hernán Cortés, Letters to King Charles V

  3. Encounters

    Hernán Cortés, Letter to King Charles V

    Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex

  4. The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula

    Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

    Andrés de Tapia, Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre

    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex

    From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala

  5. Tenochtitlan

    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex

    Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

  6. Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche Triste

    Francisco López de Gómara, from Istoria de la conquista de Mexico

    From the Floretine Codex and the Codex Aubin

    Bernal Díaz, From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex

  7. The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan

    From Chronicles of Michoacán

    Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex

    Jornada

    Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

    From Cantares mexicanos

  8. Aftermath: Tradition and Transformation

    Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain

    From the Codex Mendoza

    The Shape of the Land: The Codex Mendoza and the

Relaciónes geográficas

     Don Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin, The Death of Cuauhtemoc

     Title of Acalan-Tixel

     Town Council of Huejotzingo, Letter to King Phillip I

     The Annals of Cuauhtinchan

APPENDICES

Chronology of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1485-1584)

     Questions for Consideration

Biographical Notes

     Glossary of Spanish Terms

Glossary of Nahuatl Terms

     Selected Bibliography

  Index