HISB31H3 Lecture 16: Lecture 16.pdf
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How colonial societies evolved in the americas, combining new & old elements from both metropolitan and indigenous cultures. Dona marina: translator for cortes, mistress, was relied on heavily for. Slave to the mayans, bilingual in aztec & mayan. Seen as a trader to her people, as she helped the enemy . Without her, this interaction would have been impossible, passed as a gift twice. Guaman poma de ayala: wrote what was intended as book for king of. Spain where his listed grievances against rulers of peru (new castile); suggested that the spanish were only one of many that came to rule the territory & that if they don"t change things, they would decline. Text & images that gave a perspective in the life of a person of status that went through the events. A manuscript: 1st image: presents self as a person of authority & standing, 2nd image: shows spanish conquerors as less than the leader.