TY - BOOK AU - Restall,Matthew TI - When Montezuma met Cortés: the true story of the meeting that changed history SN - 9780062427267 U1 - 972.020922 RES PY - 2019/// CY - New York, NY PB - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers KW - Montezuma KW - Cortés, Hernán, KW - Imperialism KW - History KW - Mexico KW - Conquest, 1519-1540 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-508) and index; Contents: Prologue: Invention -- Mysterious kindness -- No small amazement -- Social grace and monstrous ritual -- The empire in his hands -- The greatest enterprises -- Principal plunderers -- The epic boxer -- Without mercy or purpose -- Epilogue: Halls of the Montezumas -- Appendix: Language and label, cast and dynasty N2 - A dramatic rethinking of the encounter between Montezuma and Hernando Cortes that completely overturns what we know about the Spanish conquest of the Americas on November 8, 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernando Cortes first met Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, at the entrance to the capital city of Tenochtitlan ER -