Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1. The Aztecs and Moctezuma II, to 1519
• 2. The Survival and Accommodation of Isabel Moctezuma, 1519-1532
• 3. Isabel Moctezuma
• 4. The Patrimony of Mariana and Pedro Moctezuma
• 5. Isabel Moctezuma's Descendants and the Northern Frontier of New Spain
• 6. The Peerage and the Viceroyalty of New Spain
• Conclusions
• Notes
• Glossary
• Bibliography
• Index

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The surprising story of how the children of the vanquished retained their rights and privileges in colonial Mexico.

About the Author

Donald E. Chipman is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Texas in Denton. In 2003, King Juan Carlos I of Spain knighted him as a Caballero of the Royal Order of Isabella the Catholic, the highest honor that can be accorded to a non-Spaniard.

Reviews

"This book furnishes us with a rich, valuable appreciation of the circumstance and heritage of the great Emperor Moctezuma Xocoyotl's most prestigious descendants." oAmerican Historical Review