Military Ethos and Visual Culture in Post-Conquest Mexico

Bringing to bear her extensive knowledge of the cultures of Renaissance Europe and sixteenth-century Mexico, Monica Dominguez Torres here investigates the significance of military images and symbols in post-Conquest Mexico. She shows how the "conquest" in fact involved dynamic exchanges between cultures.

Aducandu-si cunostintele extinse despre culturile din Europa Renasterii si Mexicul din secolul al XVI-lea, Monica Dominguez Torres investigheaza aici semnificatia imaginilor si simbolurilor militare in Mexicul post-cucerire. Ea arata cum „cucerirea” a implicat, de fapt, schimburi dinamice intre culturi.