Foreword Preface List of Maps and Illustrations PART ONE Introduction: States in Conflict A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven Mexica Society Renaissance Conquistadors The Spanish Sources Indigenous Historical Traditions PART TWO: The Documents 1. Omens 1. Juan de Tovar, Mexican Eagle and Cactus, from History of the Arrival of Indians to Populate Mexico 2. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 3. Fray Martín de Jesús de la Coruña, from the Chronicles of Michoacán 4. Diego Durán, from The History of the Indies of New Spain 2. Preparations 5. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 6.

Hernando Cortés, Letters to Charles V 7. Town Council of Vera Cruz, Letter to Charles V 3 Encounters 8. Hernando Cortés, Letters to Charles V 9. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 10. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 4. The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula 11. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 12. Andrés de Tapia, A Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre 13.

Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 14. Tlaxcalan Noblemen Greet Cortés and Massacre at Cholula , from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala 5. Tenochtitlan 15. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 16. Moctezuma and Cortés Meet in Tenochtitlan, from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala 17. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 6. Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste 18. Francisco López de Gómara, from History of the Conquest of Mexico 19.

Juan de Tovar, Dance of the Nobles, from History of the Arrival of Indians to Populate Mexico 20. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 21. Here Motecuhzoma Died and the Marques Arrived from the Codex Aubin 22. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 23. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 7. The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan 24. New Sun in Tlaxcala and Joint Spanish-Nahua Assault at Copolco , from the Lienzo de Tlaxcala 25. Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl, from the Account of the Conquest of New Spain 26.

Fray Martín de Jesús de la Coruña, from the Chronicles of Michoacán 27. Fray Bernardino de Sahagún, from the Florentine Codex 28. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 29. Nahua Poetry , from Cantares Mexicanos 8. Aftermath: Tradition and Transformation 30. Bernal Díaz, from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain 31. From the Proof of the Faithful Service of Doña Marina During the Conquest of New Spain 32. Three Folios from the Codex Mendoza 33.

The Shape of the Land, from the Relaciónes geográficas and the Mapa Uppsula 34. Town Council of Huejotzingo, Letter to King Phillip II 35. From the Huejotzingo Census (Matrícula de Huexotzinco ) 36. Domingo de San Antón Muñón Chimalpahin, The Death of Cuauhtémoc , from The Codex Chimalpahin 37. From the Title of Acalan-Tixel APPENDICES Chronology of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1485-1584) Questions for Consideration Biographical Notes Glossary of Terms in Nahuatl and other Indigenous Languages Selected Bibliography Index.