The territory which now makes up Mexico was under Spanish rule for some 300 years before gaining independence in the early 19th Century. At the time of the conquest, Spain was a fiercely Roman ...

From here, it looks as if the Spanish Conquest of Mexico in 1521 was in every way cataclysmic for indigenous traditions, and that is how the story has often been told. The reality, however ...

He also reiterated his request that the Catholic Church, as well as reigning Spanish King Philip VI, apologize for atrocities that were committed following the conquest of Mexico, which Lopez ...

In 1519 Hernan Cortés sailed from Cuba, landed in Mexico and made his way to the Aztec capital. Miguel Leon­Portilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were ...

From here, it looks as if the Spanish Conquest of Mexico in 1521 was in every way cataclysmic for indigenous traditions, and that is how the story has often been told. The reality, however ...

The dance dates back to the times of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, when Spanish priests tried to convert the indigenous Mixtec people to Catholicism. They organised dances representing events in ...

Places like Colima, Patzcuaro and Guanajuato. The Spanish conquest of Mexico of the Aztec civilization, led by Hernan Cortes in 1519, was brutal. The fascinating history of the pre-European ...