Visión de los vencidos

Synopsis of Visión de los vencidos

Visión de los vencidos is a work by the Mexican historian and anthropologist Miguel León-Portilla, published in 1959. The book presents a compilation of indigenous testimonies about the conquest of Mexico, offering a different perspective to the vision traditionally centered on the Spanish conquerors. Through stories and poems, the reactions, suffering, and worldview of the native peoples are explored in the face of the arrival of the Europeans and the collapse of their civilization.