-
especially the
Tlaxcalans. However,
after entering Tlaxcalan territory, the
Spanish were met by a
hostile Tlaxcalan force of 30,000. The
Tlaxcalans fought the...
-
hostile to the
Spanish Crown.
Before embarking on
their journeys, the
Tlaxcalans demanded and
received numerous rights and
privileges for
their service...
- on 13
August 1521, when a
coalition army of
Spanish forces and
native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and
Xicotencatl the
Younger captured the emperor...
- may
refer to:
Matlalcueitl (Mesoamerican deity), name of a
deity from
Tlaxcalan mythology.
Matlalcueitl (volcano), a
dormant volcano in Mexico. This disambiguation...
- Cortés
clashed with some of
these polities,
among them the
Totonac and
Tlaxcalan. The
latter gave him two good day
battles and one
night battle, and kept...
- the
Aztecs and the
Tlaxcalans,
fighting for
their independence, as the
Aztecs wanted to
absorb them into the empire. The
Tlaxcalans arrived in Central...
-
Spaniards to
enter the city. The
Tlaxcalans negotiated an
alliance with the
Spaniards through Malinche and Aguilar.
Later Tlaxcalan visual records of this meeting...
-
flower war was to gain sacrifices.
Tlaxcalan historian Muñoz
Camargo noted that the
Aztecs would often besiege Tlaxcalan towns and cut off trade,
which was...
- century. Hernán Cortés took
advantage of this situation,
enlisting the
Tlaxcalans as
allies against the Aztecs,
giving them a base to
attack from and regroup...
- Matlatzincátzin and
those of Hernán Cortés made up of the
Spanish conquerors and
Tlaxcalan allies. It took
place on July 7, 1520, in Temalcatitlán, a
plain near...
