Victors and Vanquished: Spanish and Nahua Views of the Conquest of Mexico Book

	Foreword
	Preface
	Note on Sources and Conventions used
	List of Maps and Illustrations
Pt. 1	Introduction: Civilizations in Conflict	1
	A Long Tradition: The Indigenous Peoples of Mesoamerica	1
	Tenochtitlan: The Foundation of Heaven	6
	Mexica Civilization and Society	8
	Renaissance Conquerors	12
	The Spanish Sources	15
	The Indigenous Historical Traditions	20
Pt. 2	The Documents	29
1	Forebodings and Omens	29
	From the Florentine Codex	31
	Popular Auguries and Prophetic Dreams	33
	From The History of the Indies of New Spain	34
2	Preparations	40
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	43
	Letters to Charles V	75
3	Encounters	79
	Letter to Charles V	80
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	84
	From the Florentine Codex	91
4	The March Inland: Tlaxcala and Cholula	100
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	103
	Another Spanish View of the Cholula Massacre	115
	From the Florentine Codex	119
	From the Lienzo de Tlaxcala	123
5	Tenochtitlan	127
	From the Florentine Codex	128
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	133
6	Things Fall Apart: Toxcatl and the Noche triste	156
	From Istoria de la conquista de Mexico	159
	From the Florentine Codex and the Codex Aubin	162
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	167
	From the Florentine Codex	177
7	The Siege and Fall of Tenochtitlan	182
	From Chronicles of Michoacan	184
	From the Florentine Codex	189
	Eighth Jornada	196
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	199
	From Cantares mexicanos	211
8	Aftermath: Tradition and Transformation	214
	From The True History of the Conquest of New Spain	217
	From the Codex Mendoza	221
	The Shape of the Land: The Codex Mendoza and the Relaciones geograficas	226
	The Death of Cuauhtemoc	230
	Title of Acalan-Tixel	232
	Letter to King Philip II	233
	The Annals of Cuauhtinchan	240
	Chronology of the Conquest of Tenochtitlan (1485-1584)	245
	Questions for Consideration	247
	Biographical Notes	249
	Glossary of Spanish Terms	253
	Glossary of Nahuatl Terms	254
	Selected Bibliography	257
	Index	261