Imperial/ Colonial
The Florentine Codex
This is an excerpt from the twelfth book of the Historia general de las Cosas de Nueva España (General History of the Things of New Spain), an encyclopedic work about the people and culture of central Mexico compiled by Fray Bernardino Sahagún (1499-1590).
The True History of the Conquest of New Spain
This is an excerpt from the Historia Verdadera de la Conquista de la Nueva España (The True History of the Conquest of New Spain) by Bernal Díaz del Castillo (1492-1581).
Decisions of the Superior Courts of New South Wales, 1788-1899
Legal records are a key resource in gaining access to the voices of the non-elite, providing a rich repository of the details of life in the period. The subject index is particularly useful in drawing themes together for teaching.
Guaman Poma - El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno
This digital version of Guaman Poma’s manuscript provides teachers and students with an opportunity to think about the relationship between events and the way that they are recorded, and about the materials that historians use to interpret the past.
Mexico: From Empire to Revolution
By making hundreds of photographs available and placing them in a clear, historical context, the website provides students with a fascinating perspective on several crucial decades in Mexican history.
National Security Archive: Sources on Latin America
The documents on the website provide students the opportunity to construct their own historical interpretations.
Documenting a Democracy: Australia's Story
This site has particular strengths in presenting legal and constitutional materials on the emergence of a democratic nation in a colonial context.
Long Teaching Module: Doña Marina, Cortés' Translator
What is the language of conquest? What language do people speak when they battle for land and autonomy, or meet to negotiate? During the conquest of Mexico, Spanish and Nahuatl—the mother tongues of the conquistadors and the Mexica—grew newly powerful.
Long Teaching Module: Sati
The status of widows in many societies has been precarious, because the deaths of husbands removed the primary source of their economic well-being as well as control over their sexuality.
