2. Before the Event

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. Tables xi
4. Preface xiii
5. Abbreviations xvii
6. PART I. SOCIAL PHENOMENA
7. 1. Narrative Preliminaries: Cajamarca and Other Episodes in the Conquest of Peru 1
8. 2. Before the Event 17
9. 3. After the Event 43
10. 4. Organization, Politics, and Faction 65
11. 5. The Roll of Cajamarca 90
12. 6. Some General Reflections 103
13. PART II. THE MEN
14. 7. Leaders 121
15. 8. Hidalgos 208
16. 9. Clerks 258
17. 10. Men of Affairs 287
18. II. Marginal Hidalgos and Solid Commoners 312
19. 12. Artisans 369
20. 13. Men from the Sea 397
21. 14. Lower Plebeians 411
22. 15. The Obscure 426
23. 16. Auxiliaries 447
24. Appendix I. A Letter from Cajamarca 457
25. Appendix II. Mistakes, Lies, and Legends: Men Who Were Not at Cajamarca 464
26. Bibliography 471
27. Index 481