Conquered Conquistadors: The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan: A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala by Asselbergs, Florine

Conquered Conquistadors: The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan: A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala

In Conquered Conquistadors, Florine Asselbergs reveals that a large pictorial map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, long thought...
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Conquered Conquistadors: The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan: A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala by Asselbergs, Florine

Conquered Conquistadors: The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan: A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala

$177.23

Conquered Conquistadors: The Lienzo de Quauhquechollan: A Nahua Vision of the Conquest of Guatemala

$177.23
Author: Florine Asselbergs
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In Conquered Conquistadors, Florine Asselbergs reveals that a large pictorial map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan, long thought to represent a series of battles in central Mexico, was actually painted in the 1530s by Quauhquecholteca warriors to document their invasion of Guatemala alongside the Spanish and to proclaim themselves as conquistadors. This painting is the oldest known map of Guatemala and a rare document of the experiences of indigenous conquistadors.
The people of the Nahua community of Quauhquechollan (present-day San Mart n Huaquechula), in central Mexico, allied with Cort s during the Spanish-Aztec War and were assigned to the Spanish conquistador Jorge de Alvarado. De Alvarado and his allies, including the Quauhquecholteca and thousands of other indigenous warriors, set off for Guatemala in 1527 to start a campaign against the Maya. The few Quauhquecholteca who lived to tell the story recorded their travels and eventual victory on the huge cloth map, the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan.
Conquered Conquistadors, published in a European edition in 2004, overturned conventional views of the European conquest of indigenous cultures. American historians and anthropologists will relish this new edition and Asselbergs's astute analysis, which includes context, interpretation, and comparison with other pictographic accounts of the Spanish conquest. This heavily illustrated edition includes an insert reproduction of the Lienzo de Quauhquechollan.

Author: Florine Asselbergs
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Published: 08/01/2008
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9780870818998


Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 10/10/2008 pg. 20
Choice 07/01/2009

About the Author
Florine Asselbergs was educated at Leiden University, the Netherlands, specializing in Mesoamerican pictorial manuscripts and history.


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