Parution : The Native Conquistador : Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s Account of the Conquest of New Spain

Créateur

• Alva Ixtlilxochitl, Fernando de (1578-1650). Auteur
• Brian, Amber (1970-….). Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
• Benton, Bradley (1980-….). Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur
• Loaeza, Pablo García (1972-). Éditeur scientifique. Traducteur

• Amber Brian is Assistant Professor of Spanish at the University of Iowa.
• Bradley Benton is Assistant Professor of History at North Dakota State University.
• Pablo García Loaeza is Associate Professor of Spanish at West Virginia University.

Résumé de l’éditeur

For many years, scholars of the conquest worked to shift focus away from the Spanish perspective and bring attention to the often-ignored voices and viewpoints of the Indians. But recent work that highlights the “Indian conquistadors” has forced scholars to reexamine the simple categories of conqueror and subject and to acknowledge the seemingly contradictory roles assumed by native peoples who chose to fight alongside the Spaniards against other native groups. The Native Conquistador—a translation of the “Thirteenth Relation,” written by don Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl in the early seventeenth century—narrates the conquest of Mexico from Hernando Cortés’s arrival in 1519 through his expedition into Central America in 1524. The protagonist of the story, however, is not the Spanish conquistador but Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s great-great-grandfather, the native prince Ixtlilxochitl of Tetzcoco. This account reveals the complex political dynamics that motivated Ixtlilxochitl’s decisive alliance with Cortés. Moreover, the dynamic plotline, propelled by the feats of Prince Ixtlilxochitl, has made this a compelling story for centuries—and one that will captivate students and scholars today.

Sommaire

• List of Illustrations
• Foreword
• Preface
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Thirteenth Relation: On the Arrival of the Spaniards and the Beginning of the Law of the Gospel
• Epilogue
• References
• Index

Compte rendu

• Fritze, Ronald H., « [Review of The Native Conquistador: Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s Account of the Conquest of New Spain, by A. Brian, B. Benton, & P. G. Loaeza] », The Sixteenth Century Journal, 2016, vol. 47, n° 2, p. 499-501. Disponible sur Internet (payant), url : <http://www.jstor.org/stable/43921700>.

Informations pratiques

• Éditeur : University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press
• Date de parution : 2015
• Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XIV-135 p.) : [4] ill., [3] cartes, couv. ill. ; 22 cm
• Collection : (Latin American originals ; 10).
• Traduit de l’espagnol
• Bibliogr. p. 119-125. Notes bibliogr.. Index
• ISBN 978-0-271-06685-1 (br.) : 26,95 $. – eISBN 978-0-271-07206-7
• DOI : https://doi.org/10.5325/j.ctv14gp927

Localisations

• Absent à la BnF (en 2021)
• PARIS-BIS, Fonds général
• PARIS-Médiathèque MQB
• Disponible sur Internet (payant), url : <https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/j.ctv14gp927>.

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