Hernan Cortez's Influence On The Spanish

Mayan people, and a number of other Native Indian city states from Mexico to Central America. He, in a way, is responsible for the colonization of Guatemala. It was his actions as a commander of a conquering nation that allowed the blending of the Spanish and Native Indians of Mexico and Central American cultures that define that region of the world today. The conquering of the K 'iche in 1527, led to the rest of the Mayan Empire to be subjugated by 1532. Also in 1532he is named Governor of Guatemala

oppressed. 2. La Malinche/Malintzin • La Malinche was an indigenous woman who serves as a translation for the Spanish Explorers. She was Nahuatl Indian sold to the Mayas in the Cuyacan Peninsula who learned to speak the Mayan language. She as one of the translators for Hernan Cortez during his conquest of the indigenous people of Mexico where learned to speak Spanish as well. She was Cortez’s concubine and was raped where she bears the 1st mestizo. She was a trader and blamed for destruction of the

However, the story of the Aztec defeat and the successful resolution of the Spanish mission against incredible odds raises many questions. Regardless of more advanced technology and weapons, the Spanish force was vastly outnumbered and began a military campaign poorly supplied within an unknown territory against an unknown enemy. This paper explores the possibility that other key factors were at play, which provided the Spanish with a several of advantages and facilitated the successful resolution of

the church's power. Monarchies, at the close of the Middle Ages and the dawn of the Renaissance, did not so much seek the guidance of the church as much as it sought their approval. However, the Church during the Age of Discovery was still a major influence. The discovery of the New World and its previously unknown inhabitants presented new problems in the Catholic Church in the