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Columbus & Cortez

by John Eidsmoe

Reconsidering Columbus and Cortez

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Reconsidering Columbus and Cortez

John Eidsmoe frames the histories of Christopher Columbus and Hernando Cortez through questions about conquest, evangelization, motive, and historical judgment. The book sets competing descriptions of the explorers—conquerors or missionaries—against a broader debate over how their actions should be interpreted and what that interpretation means for Western civilization and Christianity. Its emphasis is on the controversy surrounding these figures and the values entangled in their historical portrayal, rather than on a neutral survey of North American history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in Columbus, Cortez, and the history of European encounters in the Americas.
  • Readers exploring historical debates about conquest, evangelization, and Western Christian values.

Themes

Historical interpretationConquest and evangelizationWestern civilization and Christianity

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Book overview

The controversy, the conquest, the mission, the vision. Columbus - conquistador or Christ-bearer? Did Christopher Columbus exploit the people of America, or did he evangelize them? What were his true goals, his motives, his reasons for undertaking the dangerous voyage? Cortez - militarist or missionary? Did Hernando Cortez subjugate the people of Mexico - or did he liberate them? And why all the controversy over these explorers? Is it really to correct the historical record? Or is it an assault on the values of Western Civilization and Christianity which is the source of those values?
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