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Concepts: Complete Article
Cortéz, Malinche, Mexico, gods, Conquest, son, life, history, Mexicans, Cuauhtémoc, Aztec, Indians, Moctezuma, Spanish, city, Spaniards, Quetzalcoatl, Díaz, army, legend, camp, Tabascans, Maya, Mayan, daughter, translator, palace, Tenochtitlán, language, fought, mother, lives, Bernal Díaz, country, Ruth, Spain, traveling, colony, monuments, Cuernavaca, spent, brother, speak, murder, Tortillas, Champagne, articles, Tales, Merrimer, Mexico City.Summary:
With only 618 soldiers and sailors, four cannon, several brass guns, and sixteen horses, Hernàn Cortéz - also known as Hernando Cortés - brought about the collapse of the Aztec Empire, thereby accomplishing the Conquest of Mexico, considered by historians the greatest military feat in history.
Historians also agree that without the help of a native Mexican woman called Malinche, the Conquest could not have been achieved.
There have been scores of biographies and many drawings and likenesses made of Cortéz, Moctezuma, and Cuactémoc - three of the four most important figures to emerge from the Conquest - but no images and little written information has been passed down to us about Malinche, the fourth figure.
To get around the law that would have made Malinche next in line to be mayor, they put out the word that she had died, and in the dead of night took her outside the city gates and gave her to a passing Aztec warrior.
Because of Malinche's broader knowledge of the languages and dialects of Mexico, and her innate ability to ingratiate herself with the Indians, she became known as Cortéz's "silver - tongue translator," and was always at his side.
Visibly shaken by Cuauhtémoc' s words, Malinche dropped her head.
Cortéz was seen to speak words of comfort to her as he accompanied her back to her rooms.
It seems unlikely that she would have chosen to stay in Mexico, where she was hated by the people and been forced to live in virtual seclusion.
In the lexicon of Mexico, malinchismo is a pejorative term used by Mexicans against Mexicans who consort with foreigners and take up foreign ways and ideas over Mexican.
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