Swords, Crosses, and Empires: How Spain Remade a Hemisphere Through Conquest

When Spanish expeditions crossed the Atlantic at the dawn of the 16th century, they set in motion one of the most dramatic and far-reaching transformations in world history. Swords, Crosses, and Empires provides an educational, clear, and classroom-ready exploration of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas-examining not only what happened, but why it unfolded as it did. Created specifically for t...