Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest Quotes

“To distinguish between the curved and the straight. —Horace (ca. 30 B.C.)”
― Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

“The origin myth of the Mexica included a tale of descent from seven lineages, who emerged from seven caves in a mythical location in the Mexican north.”
― Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

“Collective achievement, of course, is less appealing both to the participants and to those later reading about it as the human impulse is to look for the heroes and villains.”
― Matthew Restall, Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest