> I think our skepticism of primary sources has gone way way way to far. Plutarch is ignored, because Roman. Cortez was ignored because Spanish. Do they have reason to exaggerate? Sure and they at times do.
When I think about that I have trouble with the idea that Cortez would have come up with THAT if he was trying to slander the Mesoamerican ruling class. As he would have had no cultural references to draw on.
> students should understand that these incidents were probably a big reason why Spain so quickly supplanted the Aztecs.
I keep thinking that to Mesoamerican peasants Catholicism was probably least offensive thing about the Spanish.
When I think about that I have trouble with the idea that Cortez would have come up with THAT if he was trying to slander the Mesoamerican ruling class. As he would have had no cultural references to draw on.
> students should understand that these incidents were probably a big reason why Spain so quickly supplanted the Aztecs.
I keep thinking that to Mesoamerican peasants Catholicism was probably least offensive thing about the Spanish.