The historian and academic Carlos Martínez Shaw analyses the controversial figure of the Spanish conquistador based on significant events in his biography such as the conquest of Mexico, his relationship to governor Diego Velázquez and the Emperor Montezuma and the administration of his court in Cuernavaca. Hernán Cortés conducted a ruthless military campaign in which he demonstrated his political and diplomatic ability, building the kingdom of New Spain on the principles of the crossfertilization of the Mexica and Spanish cultures, the establishment of the Catholic religion and the prevalence of metropolitan organization.

Lecture from the series "Explorers, Conquerors, Travelers"
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November 10, 2015
Fundación Juan March, Madrid

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