Seven myths of the Spanish conquest

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Matthew Restall: Seven myths of the Spanish conquest (EBook, 2023, Oxford University Press)

1 online resource (241 p.), 1 pages

English language

Published 2023 by Oxford University Press.

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This is an exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best known conquistadors and explorers.

2 editions

Subjects

  • Spaniards America Historiography.
  • Myth.
  • Mexico History Conquest, 1519-1540 Historiography.
  • Latin America History Errors, inventions, etc.