 Picture from the History of Tlaxcala showing Cortés meeting with the Tlaxcallan messengers. Their conversation is translated by Doña Malinche. Tlaxcala, (in Nahuatl Tlaxcallān meaning "place of the maize tortillas") is a pre-Columbian city state of central Mexico. Tlaxcala was never subdued by the Aztec empire against which it was in a state of perpetual war, often called flowery wars. During the Spanish conquest of Mexico, Tlaxcala allied with the Spaniards against the Aztecs, supplying a large contingent for -- and at times the majority of -- the Spanish-led army that eventually destroyed the Aztec empire. Hernan Cortés and La Malinche in the city of Tlatelolco, in a drawing from the History of Tlaxcala History of Tlaxcala is an illustrated codex written by and under the supervision of Diego Muñoz Camargo in the years leading up to 1585. ...
La Malinche (c. ...
hello how are you This page is a candidate for speedy deletion. ...
A city-state is a region controlled exclusively by a city, and usually having sovereignty. ...
The Aztecs were a Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican people of central Mexico in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries. ...
A flower war (or more correctly, flowery war) from the Nahuatl xochiyaoyotl; was, among the Aztec, a planned war in which the objective was not to kill enemies or conquer territory, but rather to capture as many prisoners as possible, who would then be sacrificed in religious ceremonies and maybe...
The Spanish conquest of Mexico was one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. ...
As a result of their alliance with the Spaniards, Tlaxcala had a somewhat privileged status within Spanish colonial Mexico.
Sources
Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo describes the first battle between the Spanish force and the Tlaxcalteca as surprisingly difficult and mentions that they probably would not have survived, had not Xicotencatl the Elder persuaded the Tlaxcallan warleader, his son Xicotencatl the Younger, that it would be better to ally with the newcomers than to kill them. Xicotencatl the Younger was later hanged by Cortes for desertion in April 1521 during the siege of Tenochtitlan. Xicotencatl is the name of many present day places in Mexico as well as a family name. Bernal D az del Castillo (1492 or 1493 - 1581) was a conquistador, who wrote an eyewitness account of the conquest of Mexico under Hern n Cort s. ...
Combatants Spain Aztec Empire Commanders Hernán Cortés Pedro de Alvarado Cuitláhuac Cuauhtemoc Strength 86 cavalry 900 infantry 80,000-200,000 Tlaxcalan and Texcoco warriors 100,000-150,000 Aztec warriors Casualties 20,000 natives dead 100,000 Aztec warriors dead 100,000+ civilians dead The siege...
Diego Muñoz Camargo's History of Tlaxcala (Lienzo de Tlaxcala), written on or before 1585, is an illustrated codex describing the conquest of Mexico. It was painted by Tlaxcalteca artists under Spanish supervision. Diego Muñoz Camargo (1521 - c. ...
Hernan Cortés and La Malinche in the city of Tlatelolco, in a drawing from the History of Tlaxcala History of Tlaxcala is an illustrated codex written by and under the supervision of Diego Muñoz Camargo in the years leading up to 1585. ...
Aztec codices (singular codex) are books written by pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial era Aztecs. ...
Crónica Mexicayotl was written by Fernando Alvarado Tezozómoc, in Nahuatl and Spanish, in the first decades after the conquest.
References - Alvarado Tezozomoc, Fernando. "Crónica Mexicana". Manuel Orozco y Berra. Leyenda. México, 1944
- Hassig, Ross (2001) "Xicotencatl: rethinking an indigenous Mexican hero", Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl, UNAM (Estudios de Cultura Nahuatl).
- Muñoz Camargo, Diego. "Historia de Tlaxcala". Alfredo Chavero. México, 1982 (1892) .
- Gibson Charles. "Tlaxcala en el siglo XVI". Gobierno del estado de Tlaxcala. Fondo de cultura económica. México, 1991.
See also Tlaxcaltec leader speaking to conquistador as depicted in History of Tlaxcala by Diego Muñoz Camargo, published in 1590 The Tlaxcaltecs or Tlacullos were an indigenous group of the Nahuatl culture that inhabited the area in Meso-America that approximates the territory currently known as the state of Tlaxcala, Mexico. ...
Tlaxcala is the name of both a state of Mexico and of that states capital city. ...
The United Mexican States (Estados Unidos Mexicanos or Mexico) comprises 31 states (estados) and one federal district (Distrito Federal), which contains the capital, Mexico City. ...
The city of Tlaxcala is the capital and chief center of population of the Mexican state of the same name. ...
External links Spanish language description of the historiography of Tlaxcala |
Feeds |
Contact