A Summary Of Pedro's Journey To The Capital Of New Spain

Any student of history has come to recognize the fact that history is written by the victor and in lieu of this, research becomes essential to uncover where the truth lies. The True History of the Conquest of New Spain, so ironically named, is a personal account for historical events leading up to the conquest of New Spain, formerly known as the City of Mexico. The author, Bernal Diaz, was a soldier of the conquering army who composed the document well after the events took place sometime between 1552 and 1557. Though the document did provide insight in regards to the victor’s perspective, it also served as a tool to rewrite the account of the conquered people.

In 1490 there was no such country as spain, yet within a century it had become the most powerful nation in europe and within another century had sunk to the status of a third rate power. Describe and analyze the major social economic and political reasons for spains rise and fall.

Every artist's dream is to create something that leaves a lasting impression. The Last Conquistador follows the story of a sculptor who does exactly that. John Houser spent nearly a decade painstakingly crafted a 34-foot tall equestrian statue featuring the infamous Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate y Salazar. Following in the footsteps of his father who assisted in the carving of Mount Rushmore, Houser's fantasy of leaving his mark in one of the largest bronze equestrian statues in the world finally became a reality (Valadez). However, what an artist attempts to express and what message is truly received may not be one and the same. While the Hispanic elite of El Paso praised (and funded) the magnificent piece, the Acoma were horrified by the towering symbol of oppression and genocide looming overhead. This film not only provides a window into the conflict and controversy surrounding Houser's work, but also showcases several aspects of Texas political culture and highlights the dismissive attitude toward Native American culture that is still prevalent today.

In Victors and the Vanquished, Schwartz poses the question of “How can we evaluate conflicting sources” (ix)? Through reading historical events such as the “Conquest of New Spain” there is an undeniably large amount of destruction of cultural material and bias testimonies of events recorded several years after they occurred. After analyzing the Spanish Conquest of Mesoamerica there is a debatable amount of evidence from the Mesoamericans and Spanish explanations of this event in history. The intentions of each explanation created a conflict to historians, art historians and anthropologists on which viewpoint holds to accuracy. There is also the issue of not only inaccuracies, but the motives behind each bias account. As many of these aspects are taken into consideration, interpreting each justification between both sides of history in Mesoamerica as a clash of ethnocentrism between two different cultures that causes an uncertainty of what actually happened in history.

Throughout the history of Texas, Europeans have influenced Texas’ history and its findings. From the beginning, Europeans were the ones that discovered Texas while exploring the Americas. A Spanish explorer, Cabeza De Vaca, was the first person to ever step foot on Texas’ soil. He documented his journey about his findings in Texas and the Americas. The book was called “The Journey of Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca.’’

As a conquistador under the command of Hernán Cortes, Bernal Diaz witnessed some of Latin America’s most interesting and least chronicled history. He was fortunate enough to be one of a select few Europeans to experience the Aztec empire at its height and to visit Tenochtitlan prior to its downfall. In an era where personal accounts of the historical occurrences are almost nonexistent, Bernal Diaz’s The True History of the Conquest of New Spain provides virtually the only window into this period. As a result, his text has become the most significant historical document concerning the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Perhaps the most poignant excerpt from The True History of the Conquest of New Spain is Diaz’s detailed description of his first

As a major power in Europe, Spain set out to discover and colonize the Americas. Spanish conquistadors were sent out to travel to the “new land” and claim it in the name of Spain’s King, Charles of Ghent. Conquistadors is the key word here, meaning conqueror. Two skilled and powerful men were to decide who would be leading the expedition, initially to Mexico. Velazquez, unfortunately, was “too fat for such an undertaking.” This great quest was lead by Narvaez, an older and well-known Spanish Conquistador. The ideals of this, and all, conquistador is to overtake any people in the Americas forcefully. Spaniards and Europe as a whole was the major power, so to them everyone else was beneath them. So Velazquez devised a plan to successfully overtake

The Spanish travel to America for gold but in the failure of finding any they simply focus on building and protecting their new empire in America.

Cortés came not to the New World to conquer by force, but by manipulation. Bernal Díaz del Castillo, in the "Conquest of New Spain," describes how Cortés and his soldiers manipulated the Aztec people and their king Montezuma from the time they traveled from Iztapalaopa to the time when Montezuma took Cortés to the top of the great Cue and showed him the whole of Mexico and its countryside, and the three causeways which led into Mexico. Castillo's purpose for recording the mission was to keep an account of the wealth of Montezuma and Mexico, the traditions, and the economic potential that could benefit Cortés' upcoming conquest. However, through these recordings, we are able to see and understand Cortés'

Soldier and conqueror Bernal Díaz del Castillo in his book The True History of the Conquest of New Spain labeled Hernán Cortés “a valiant, energetic, and daring captain” and compared him to the likes of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and Hannibal. Hernán Cortés was an ambitious conquistador and eventually defeated the mighty Mexican empire. A problem, however; emerges when distinguishing between the rational and romanticized versions of Cortés’ exploits. Bernal Díaz was present during the conquest, but his account was written much later and cannot be expected to be unbiased. Modern interpretations of Cortés can piece together all document and find that he stretched the truth to further his own gains. Cortés’ personality, goals, and actions have been interpreted differently since the days of the conquest, and have changed the way the conquest has been understood.

Having a religious belief is deeply impactful to one’s soul, spirituality, and sense of self. Gregory Rodriguez chose to join the Catholic Church at a time when others scorned it. The early to middle 2000’s was a scandalous time for the Catholic Church due to the sexual abuse of children within its walls coming to light. One might say that Gregory Rodriguez is complacent due to his decision to stay with the Catholic Church in spite of a controversy surrounding the church; however, based on his essay “Catholic Confessions,” we can reasonably infer that his choice to stay with the church is a wise one. While many people would have walked away from the church, Rodriguez was devout enough continue his walk with God.

The two accounts for the siege of Tenochtitlan offer different perspectives on what occurred between the Aztec and Spanish forces in the city. The Aztec sources, for example, do not go into a lot of detail about the whole siege, instead they provide short descriptions of major events that occurred. The descriptions rarely provide full details about tactics used by either side. However, in The Conquest of New Spain, Bernal Diaz provides detailed descriptions of battles and the tactics used on both sides to try and take territory in the city. His account deals with the day to day battles, food shortages, tactics, mistakes, and pleas for surrender. The accuracy of his account must be considered, because he began writing it in his seventies, decades after the war.

Pedro Cabral landed on a muslum port during his journey. He made a trading post their sense lots of ships were in and out every day. He tried to make peace with the people their so he could have his business and they can still have there's. He was hoping they would act like nothing changed and he wasn’t there at all. At first they were okay with him being there but they got upset with him because he started to gain more popularity and customers. The muslims were losing their popularity and customers since he came with new goods and different ones that would be hard for them to get.

Jorge’s faith and vocation deepened when he took his first vows as a Jesuit on March 12, 1962. Following this, he began to study philosophy at San Miguel Seminary in Buenos Aires. However, wanting to drastically deepen his faith,

Father Pedro Arrupe was truly a man of God, born to lead the Jesuit’s to greatness. Born in Bilbao, Spain, he initially felt called to set the world ablaze through medicine. He undertook medical training for a number of years, but decided his true calling lay with the Jesuits, joining in 1927. He was unable to pursue his studies in Spain as the Republican government had expelled the Order. This did not deter him, as he was unwavering in his pursuit of priesthood; he undertook his studies in the Netherlands and Belgium. Soon, Pedro was ordained and well on his way to finding his place in the Order. The Society sent him to The United States to study Medical Ethics, after which he set out to spread the faith to Japan. In 1958,