Conquistadors and Aztecs: A History of the Fall of Tenochtitlan

A new account of the conquest of Mexico that focuses on the fall of Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztecs, timed for the 500th anniversary of this world historical event.

Stefan Rinke is professor and chair of the department of history at the Institute of Latin American Studies and member of the Friedrich Meinecke-Institut at Freie Universität Berlin. From 2014 to 2017 he was President of the European Association of Historians of Latin America. Rinke is the recipient of the José Antonio Alzate Award from the Mexican Academy of Sciences and is the author of fourteen books, most of which have been translated into Spanish, Portuguese, and English.