Beyond Cortés and Montezuma: The Conquest of Mexico Revisited

Beyond Cortés and Montezuma examines both European and Nahuatl texts and images that shed light on the complex narrative of contact and the ensuing conflict, negotiation, and cooperation that continued well after the colonial period.

A diverse group of scholars from Europe, Mexico, and the US with varied methodological backgrounds-linguistics, history, art history, and cultural studies-query the "conquest," or rather conquista, of Mexico through a series of case studies that interrogate ho...