Franciscans on the Silver Frontier of Old Mexico
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8874577 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Philip Wayne Powell (Northwestern University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1947 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 295-310 |
| Publication date | 1947-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1615 • E-ISSN: 1533-6247 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/978569 |
| OpenAlex | W2022917696 |
| ISBN | 978569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 5 |
To the English-speaking world the conquest of Mexico was the achievement of Hernán Cortés, thanks largely to the entertaining account by William Hickling Prescott. The brilliance of the Cortesian exploits, plus Prescott’s popularity, have combined to cause this historical distortion by overshadowing the fact that there were many conquests of Mexico, just as there were, and are, “many Mexicos.” Hernán Cortés merely began the subjugation of Mexico by his victory over the Nahua Confederacy. Some later conquests were more difficult, more expensive in lives and mgney, and far more time-consuming than that of Cortés, but they lack their Prescotts
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · CONQUEST · Frontier · Humanities · Political science · Politics · Popularity · Victory · Historical Studies in Latin America · History · Latin American history and culture · Law
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2025 (9) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |