Grant D Jones All Books: Last Maya Kingdom sku-863603906

Grant D Jones's The Conquest of the Last Maya Kingdom is a hardcover listed under All Books, SKU sku-863603906. On March 13, 1697, Spanish troops from Yucatán captured Nojpeten, the island capital of the Itzas in northern Guatemala and the center of the last unconquered native New World kingdom. The city had temples, royal palaces and thatched houses. The attack followed more than two years of Spanish preparation after the Itza council and ruler Ajaw Kan Ek’ rejected attempts by soldiers and Franciscan missionaries to negotiate a surrender. Conflict continued among Yucatecan and Guatemalan Spaniards and Maya groups over the surrounding forests. Thousands of Maya people were forced into mission towns, and a Maya rebellion in 1704 failed to retake Nojpeten. The book presents the first complete account of the conquest since 1701. Drawing on Spanish records, it examines Itza political and social organization, Spanish military and diplomatic strategy, and the Itzas' often violent interactions with neighboring lowland Maya groups.You may also like The Blind Who See (1911) (Hardcover).