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Tables of Contents for The Broken Spears
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Illustrations
vii
2
Translator's Note
ix
2
Foreword
xi
14
Introduction
xxv
Chapter One Omens Foretelling the Arrival of the Spaniards
3
10
Chapter Two First Reports of the Spaniards' Arrival
13
8
Chapter Three The Messengers' Journeys
21
11
Chapter Four Motecuhzoma's Terror and Apathy
32
5
Chapter Five The Spaniards March on Tlaxcala and Cholula
37
13
Chapter Six The Gifts of Gold: The God Tezcatlipoca Appears
50
6
Chapter Seven The Spaniards Are Welcomed in Tezcoco
56
6
Chapter Eight The Spaniards Arrive in Tenochtitlan
62
8
Chapter Nine The Massacre in the Main Temple during the Fiesta of Toxcatl
70
13
Chapter Ten The Night of Sorrows
83
8
Chapter Eleven The Siege of Tenochtitlan
91
12
Chapter Twelve Spanish Raids into the Besieged City
103
12
Chapter Thirteen The Surrender of Tenochtitlan
115
12
Chapter Fourteen The Story of the Conquest as Told by the Anonymous Authors of Tlatelolco
127
18
Chapter Fifteen Elegies on the Fall of the City
145
5
Chapter Sixteen Aftermath
150
25
Appendix
175
8
Selected Bibliography
183
6
Index
189