{"product_id":"seven-myths-of-the-spanish-conquest-updated-edition-9780197537299","title":"Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest: Updated Edition","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAn update of a popular work that takes on the myths of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, featuring a new afterword.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eSeven Myths of the Spanish Conquest \u003c\/em\u003ereveals how the Spanish invasions in the Americas have been conceived and presented, misrepresented and misunderstood, in the five centuries since Columbus first crossed the Atlantic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis book is a unique and provocative synthesis of ideas and themes that were for generations debated or perpetuated without question in academic and popular circles. The 2003 edition became the foundation stone of a scholarly turn since called The New Conquest History. Each of the book's seven chapters describes one \"myth,\" or one aspect of the Conquest that has been distorted or misrepresented, examines its roots, and explodes its fallacies and misconceptions. Using a wide array of primary and secondary sources, written in a scholarly but readable style, \u003cem\u003eSeven Myths of the Spanish Conquest\u003c\/em\u003e explains why Columbus did not set out to prove the world was round, the conquistadors were not soldiers, the native Americans did not take them for gods, Cortés did not have a unique vision of conquest procedure, and handfuls of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. Conquest realities were more complex--and far more fascinating--than conventional histories have related, and they featured a more diverse cast of protagonists-Spanish, Native American, and African. This updated edition of a key event in the history of the Americas critically examines the book's arguments, how they have held up, and why they prompted the rise of a New Conquest History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMatthew Restall\u003c\/strong\u003e is the Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Latin American History, Women's Studies, and Anthropology and Director of Latin American Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003cem\u003eMaya Conquistador\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Conquistadors: A Very Short Introduction\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2012), and \u003cem\u003eWhen Montezuma Met Cortés: The True Story of the Meeting That Changed History\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50620245180690,"sku":"9780197537299","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_105f1b55-838a-49b5-85d3-41bf12cc7a96.jpg?v=1732562200","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/seven-myths-of-the-spanish-conquest-updated-edition-9780197537299","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}