Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Historical Representation in the Spanish Humanist Context: Juan Luis Vives 15
6. 2 Conjecture and Credibility in the Historia general y natural de las Indias by Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo 43
7. 3 Vision and Voice: The Historia de las Indias by Bartolomé de Las Casas 87
8. 4 History and Memory: Narrative Perspective in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s Historia verdadera de la conquista de la Nueva España 127
9. Conclusions 163
10. Bibliography 171
11. Index 185