A 7-minute video in which the figure of Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico are briefly analysed. It is essential to revisit the events that ancient chronicles have left us. What happened between 1519 and the fall of the Mexica Empire constitutes the first Hispanic continental advance in the New World. These events have lent themselves to various mythologies that present the Spaniards as a sort of supermen in shining armour, but also as a predatory band that wiped out an arcadian world. Iván Vélez, with great acuity and critical sense, analyses the complex warlike, juridical, economic and religious aspects that accompanied the conquest, but also the political order that succeeded it. A raw, exciting and extraordinary story about one of the greatest adventures the world has ever seen.

Collection: Aplications

Project: 6. Under a cloak of terror: violence and armed conflict in Europe., 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.

Chronology: XVI

Scope: Primary Education, Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1tGxRRBscI&ab_channel=AcademiaPlay

Resource type: Video

Format: Multimedia

Source: YouTube

Language: Spanish

Date: 3/12/2019

Owner: Carlos Vega Gómez (Modernalia)

Copyright: © Academia Play

Abstract: Explanatory video on the figure of Hernán Cortés and the Conquest of Mexico

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