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2 days ago · Late June – Uprising in Tenochtitlan; the death of Moctezuma in unclear circumstances, perhaps killed by the Spaniards, perhaps by his own people; deaths of other leaders of the Triple Alliance 30 June – " La Noche Triste " – Evacuation of Spanish-Tlaxcalteca allied forces from Tenochtitlan; deaths of perhaps 1,000 Spaniards and 1,000 ...
3 days ago · Moctezuma’s fleeing to the afterlife, faced with the imminent arrival of Cortés/Quetzalcóatl – Moctezuma still believes they are one and the same – to (re)claim the throne, constitutes a kind of death, a voluntary death and so a suicide. For the continuation of this article follow the link below... This article was uploaded to the ...
2 days ago · New exhibition challenges view of Aztec emperor Moctezuma as traitor - contrary to popular belief, the Aztec emperor Moctezuma was murdered by his Spanish captors and not by his own people, the British Museum will argue in a new exhibition that will try to rehabilitate the emperor’s image as a traitor.
2 days ago · 3. Moctezuma Xocoyotzin’s funeral rites The controversy surrounding Moctezuma’s death continues with the issue of his funeral rites, though for different reasons. One hypothesis suggests that the Spanish, about to be overwhelmed by the enemy, ditched his body without a second thought. In his Segunda Carta de Relación, Cortés writes:-
4 days ago · Montezuma II Some historical accounts suggest that he was buried in the Chapultepec Forest outside Mexico City, while others claim that his body was cremated or returned to his family. The lack of conclusive evidence has led to ongoing debates and theories about the emperor‘s final resting place.
5 days ago · Hernán Cortés meeting Moctezuma in 1519 holds some space in our North American imagination. Two trajectories of human development — long separated by time and distance — crossed in ...
3 days ago · Black Death, pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time. The Black Death is widely thought to have been the result of plague, caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
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