The Aztecs Downfall: How Religion Shaped the Spanish Conquest of Mexico

Historical Theme Paper Introduction “The Broken Spears” is a fascinating book that puts together the account of the conquest of Tenochtitlan and the coming of Spaniards to Mexico. Miguel Leon-Portilla offers a detailed report of the fall of the Aztec Empire to the Spanish in the early 16th century offering a clear understanding of such defeats from the vantage point of the Aztecs rather than the Spanish. Religion is a significant historical theme exemplified in "The Broken Spears" article. Aztecs employed religious approaches in all their daily live activities ranging from political, social, and economic moves defining a solid religious culture that shaped the Aztecs' beliefs. The article offers an account of a profoundly religious society whereby the Aztec society viewed the Spanish as gods due to their presentations and thus worshiped them, leading to their victorious win agains