AHL 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Florentine Codex, Body Count, Terra Nullius
11 Nov 2018
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As cortes moved to tenochtitlan he defeated, allied, or incorporated other states. 1521 cortes got supplies and allies and sieged the city. Clenninden began looking through historical references without looking at the current narrative. Not a difference in quality of leaders but in rules of engagement. Spaniards used crossbows/muskets to kill natives without showing themselves before battle, not imagined by aztecs. Quintessential european strategy - economic way to weaken foe without loss in war. Mexicans: not a conceivable piece of war (suffering, involving non soldiers) Historians use primary sources (any objects/societal information from era/event) Original sources came from cortes, spanish noblemen, came 20 years after, most from 40 years. Codices: handwritten books even from before conquest and 1540s, none from the 20 years after fall. Earlier ones written in nahuatl, ones after in latin. By end of century some indigenous people wrote about the fall.
