Invading Guatemala: Spanish, Nahua, and Maya Accounts of the Conquest Wars

by Matthew Restall

After invading highland Guatemala in 1524, Spaniards claimed to have smashed the Kaqchikel and K'iche' Maya kingdoms and to have forged a new colony--with their leader, Pedro de Alvarado, as Guatemala's conquistador. This volume shows that the real story of the Spanish invasion was very different. Designed to be an accessible introduction to the topic as well as a significant contribution to conquest scholarship, the volume presents for the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0271027584
• ISBN13: 9780271027586
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.5"