The broken spears audiobook by miguel leonportilla. The broken spears download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. In this updated edition of the classic the broken spears, leonportilla has included accounts from native aztec descendants across the centuries. The aztec account of the conquest of mexico spanish title. The broken spears 2007 revised edition book summary. The most recent english edition was published in 2007. The broken spears by miguel leonportilla essay 871. The aztec account of the conquest of mexico miguel leonportilla, editor, j. The book goes on to explain that such justification did not convince native people, who frequently clashed with the colonists over the right to use their hunting grounds. A skilled, intimate, and remarkable portrayal of an enigmatic culture.
I first got familiar with this book at the lodge where i stayed during my visit in masai mara, kenya, in july 2016. A worthwhile attempt at creating an aztec narrative of the conquest, but since the sources are all spanish or oral the book is trying to be. Download pdf the broken spears 2007 revised edition book full free. The book the broken spears is a very interesting and illuminating scholarly work about the important historical event of the spanish conquest of the aztecs. Those texts bear witness to the extraordinary vitality of an oral tradition that preserves the viewpoints of the vanquished instead of the victors. Broken spears was the first book to tell the story of the conquest from the aztecs perspective. In this new and updated edition of his classic the broken spears, leonportilla has. The aztec account of the conquest of mexico expanded and updated ed edition. The tale is told from the writings and images of the people who were conquered. Miguel leonportilla has long been at the forefront of expanding that history to include the voices of indigenous peoples. In this updated edition of the classic the broken spears, leonportilla has. A literary analysis of the broken spears by miguel leon. It was first published in spanish in 1959, and in english in 1962.
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