The Victor Davis Hanson Show cover image

Conquistadors and Border Disruption

The Victor Davis Hanson Show

00:00

The History of the Spanish Castilian Military

The Aztecs were absolutely as fanatic as the Spanish were. But the Spaniards thought they were, if you read contemporary chronicles, the Spaniardsthought they were satanic because of the human sacrifice and cannibalism. And so that didn't bother them. They were as amoral on that issue. The Aztecs looked at the Spaniards, thought that they were not the, they knew they weren't finally divine, but they thought they were sort of horrific,. So overclass or over Superman, and that they were evil. That might be too big to answer because it is a thousand years before Reconquista.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app