First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán, August 14, 1521
Desription
First official decree issued by Hernán Cortés after the conquest of Mexico Tenochtitlán.
Title/description created by Clevy Lloyd Strout, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Spanish, University of Tulsa, 1962.
Signed by Hernán Cortés, Juan de Ribera, and Hernán Sánchez de Aguilar on August 14, 1521, this decree is possibly the first official document issued following Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlán. It gives orders to arrest and search all individuals suspected of concealing or stealing gold, silver, or precious jewels.
Dates
- Creation: August 14, 1521
Creator
Language of Materials
Materials in Spanish, Nahautl, and English.
Access Restrictions
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Full Extent
2 page(s)
Medium
ink on paper
Previous Number
C-130
Other Number
28883
Source
- Gilcrease Foundation (Donor, Organization)
Cultural context
Genre / Form
- Letter
- manuscripts
- conquistadors -- conquistador
- Correspondence
- decrees -- decree
- edicts -- edict
- gemstones -- gemstone -- gem stones
- gold (metal)
- jewels -- jewel
- mandates -- mandate
- natural resources -- natural resource
- proclamations -- Proclamation
- silver (metal)
Geographic
Style / Period
- Aztec (culture or style)
- Native American (culture or style) -- American Indian -- Indigenous American
- Spanish (culture or style)
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Gilcrease Museum/Helmerich Center for American Research Repository