Abstract

PASTRANA FLORES, Miguel. The handover power from Motecuhzoma. A critical proposal. Estud. hist. novohisp [online]. 2020, n.62, pp.111-144.  Epub Dec 04, 2020. ISSN 2448-6922.  https://doi.org/10.22201/iih.24486922e.2020.62.72727.

This article is a critical review of the act of handing over power and submission attributed to Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, in favor of Carlos I of Spain, through the intermedition of Captain Hernando Cortés. This fundamental passage in the history of the conquest of Tenochtitlan has had significant legal, political and historiographic implications to this day; therefore, it has been the subject of various analyzes from the perspective of European culture. However, the problem has been little explored, not only from the Spanish legal, political, documentary and historiographical perspective, but also not about what is known about the institutions, beliefs and political practices of the ancient Nahuas. This paper studies the Nahuatl perspective of the matter.

Keywords : Motecuhzoma; Hernando Cortés; Conquest of Mexico; political power; loss of power; tlahtoani; Excan Tlahtoloyan.

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