The conquest of the last Maya kingdom /

The conquest of the last Maya kingdom / Grant D. Jones.

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Main Author: Jones, Grant D., 1941-
Corporate Author: American Council of Learned Societies.
Format: Unknown
Language:English
Published: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1998.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
Itza Indians > History > Sources.
Itza Indians > Politics and government.
Itza Indians > Government relations.
Pete⁺ѓn (Guatemala : Dept.) > History > Sources.
Mexico > History > Conquest, 1519-1540.
Spain > Colonies > America > Administration.
Table of Contents:
  • The Itzas and their neighbors
  • Itza-Spanish encounters, 1525-1690
  • Itza society and kingship on the eve of conquest
  • Power politics
  • The birth of the Camino Real
  • Franciscans on the Camino Real
  • The Itza emissaries
  • Avendan⁺ёo and Ajaw Kan Ek'
  • Itza-Spanish warfare
  • The costs of the Camino Real
  • The eve of conquest
  • Occupation and interrogation
  • Prisoners of conquest
  • Reconquest, epidemic, and warfare
  • Missions, rebellion, and survival.

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