Summary Of Hernan Cortes And The Creation Of A Model Conqueror

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Beatriz Bodmer Pastor writes in her article, “Hernán Cortés and the Creation of a Model Conqueror that Cortés explains his actions of rebellious in his letter to the king as service to his Highness. One of Cortes’s main goals with the letter is to make sure the king sees that his decision not to follow the orders of Diego Velazquez and then resist arrest were all for the benefit of Spain. He paints himself as the number one Christian and follower of the crown so that he will not be punished. Cortés does this through his whole second letter, emphasizing that his rebelling and conquering of Mexico after being directed not to was all for the greater good of their country. One of the tactics he uses is called providentialism, the belief that

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