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Guillermo Porras Muñoz
Creemos que el inmenso valor que tiene el presbítero don Guillermo Porras Muñoz, como persona y como historiador, merece no solo este breve estudio sino otros más amplios. Su obra rebasa con mucho los límites del estado de Chihuahua, como se aprecia en su bibliografía, pero en lo que se refiere a esta entidad, coincido con don Zacarías Márquez Terrazas, en que el padre Porras es "el mejor historiador que hemos tenido en Chihuahua sobre los hechos del periodo colonial".
The First Letter from New Spain
Presenting an authoritative translation and analysis of the only surviving original document from the first months of the Spanish conquest, this book brings to life a decisive moment in the history of Mexico and offers an enlarged understanding of the conquerors' motivations.
The Presidio and Militia on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: 1570-1700
Reports, orders, journals, and letters of military officials trace frontier history through the Chicimeca War and Peace (1576-1606), early rebellions in the Sierra Madre (1601-1618), mid-century challenges and realignment (1640-1660), and northern rebellions and new presidios (1681-1695).
Lives of the Bigamists
Boyer lets these Mexican people speak for themselves about how they got into trouble with the Inquisition.
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
Winner, Book Prize in Latin American Studies, Colonial Section of Latin American Studies Association (LASA), 2016 ALAA Book Award, Association for Latin American Art/Arvey Foundation, 2016 The capital of the Aztec empire, Tenochtitlan, was, in its era, one of the largest cities in the world. Built on an island in the middle of a shallow lake, its population numbered perhaps 150,000, with another 350,000 people in the urban network clustered around the lake shores. In 1521, at the height of Tenochtitlan's power, which extended over much of Central Mexico, Hernando Cortés and his followers conquered the city. Cortés boasted to King Charles V of Spain that Tenochtitlan was "destroyed and raze...
