http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7819 Sun, 19 May 2013 19:36:57 GMT 2013-05-19T19:36:57Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76571 Between gods and men : analyzing the Aztec deification of the Spanish Conquistadores and reassessing its significance Hall, Alexandria C. (Alexandria Caitlin) Immediately following the Spanish Conquest of Mexico in 1521, accounts arose claiming the Aztecs believed the Spaniards to be gods. This tale of Spanish deification has sparked heated debate among scholars for centuries as they have been asking, "Did the Aztecs truly believe the Spaniards to be gods?" This question naturally results in two lines of argument, those who think the Aztecs did believe the Spaniards to be gods and those that do not. The scholars arguing for the Aztec deification of the Spaniards rely on known Aztec beliefs, the importance of time to the Aztecs, and the historical works that clearly state the Aztecs though the Spaniards to be divine. The scholars against this argument instead argue the Spaniards created this account of European apotheosis, based on historical precedents and strikingly similar accounts of European apotheosis after the Spanish Conquest of Mexico. Both of these arguments are not, however, free of criticism, revealing the inability to ever answer this question decisively. Instead, this intriguing narrative of the conquest should be reassessed using new questions that could provide new insight on the relations of Spaniards and their conquered subjects, on cultural clashes more generally, and on historical work and interests over time. Thesis (S.B. in History)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 2012.; Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 55-58). Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76571 2012-01-01T05:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72762 The making of the Grand Old Party : The presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes Isbitz, Allan Bob, 1942- Thesis (B.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, 1965.; MIT Institute Archives copy bound with: Abrams, Arnold R. The introduction of chemical warfare into the First World War. (1965).; "June, 1965."; Includes bibliographical references (leaves [72]-75). Fri, 01 Jan 1965 05:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72762 1965-01-01T05:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72694 Theoretical responses to Navajo questions. Schauber, Ellen Thesis. 1975. Ph.D.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics.; Vita.; Bibliography: leaves 309-313. Wed, 01 Jan 1975 05:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/72694 1975-01-01T05:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67082 Towards a description of the protagonist in the fiction of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Kava, Victor Bernard Thesis. 1976. B.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Humanities.; Microfiche copy available in Archives and Humanities.; Bibliography: leaves 38-41. Thu, 01 Jan 1976 05:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/67082 1976-01-01T05:00:00Z