THE SPANISH CONQUEST PT1 // Summary, overview, commentary, considerations // Yucatán to Tenochtitlan

[@angelaluz405]

This video is awesome! I can't wait for part 2...and for the book recommendations, of course!

[@marianamasbooks]

I’m glad you liked it! Hopefully I’ll be able to film the recommendations this week! 🤞🏼🙌🏼

[@karlalikestoread]

Wow, this was so fascinating. Thank you so much for making this video and sharing your insights Mariana! I’m excited for part 2!

[@marianamasbooks]

I’m glad you found it interesting! I think I’ll film the book recommendations video and then part 2. Though I also want to film my midyear freakout tag! 😝

[@karlalikestoread]

@@marianamasbooks​​⁠Ah! Too many video ideas, too little time! I’ll happily watch whichever you’d like to work on next :)

[@TriumphalReads]

Well done Mariana, great video and storytelling. Definitely need to look up some of the tangents such as the story of Cortes seedlings his way to a command position.

[@marianamasbooks]

So fun! As I was reading I was thinking there could be a tv series about it, it’s a literal cat and mouse chase through Cuba, involving ships, poison and sabotage.

[@revenantreads]

Excellent job, Mariana! I love the part about the Spanish being among the first generation of avid readers. I wonder how much human sacrifice played a role in Cortes gaining local allies. My understanding is that the Aztecs had really increased the rate of sacrifices and I assume the victims had to be pulled from the Aztec’s conquered tributary civilizations.

[@marianamasbooks]

Yes! I loved that fact about them being readers, it gives such context (and is also fun trivia🙈). That chapter in Thomas’ book is really cool. I learned that many places (like the Patagonia), are named after places from one of the famous Spanish chivalric novels. (Amadis). There was even a captain who got authorization from the emperor to launch an expedition to search for the fountain of youth. 😅 In terms of the sacrifices, I personally don’t think that played a part because the Spanish local allies practiced Sacrifices as well! They were done all over Mesoamerica. I think the sacrifices have always been ramped up in history because they’re gruesome and interesting (like the blood eagle with the Vikings 🙈), but I think the real explanation is much more mundane: politics and power. I read a very interesting discussion about the long standing Mesoamerican tradition of making alliances and switching sides. I definitely want to read more about both topics: sacrifices and Mesoamerican politics, because i want to understand both more!

[@apocalypsereading7117]

thanks for this, really wanna know more about the middle bit in the venn diagram of conquistador invasion and literature ~ will check out the rec video =)