The Armature of Conquest
Spanish Accounts of the Discovery of America, 1492-1589

Beatriz Pastor Bodmer (Author)

9780804724708

Paperback / softback, published 1 March 1995

332 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.472 kg

"Of all the books inspired by the Columbian quincentenary, this is easily one of the most challenging. Bodmer uses early Spanish chronicles to take the reader on a journey of exploration. . . . A richly detailed analytical history of the gradual awakening of a critical consciousness concerning accepted versions of the discovery and conquest of America."—Canadian Journal of History "A quite splendid book."—Journal of Latin American Studies

A Stanford University Press classic.