Its an interesting story, Malintzin's, she was sold into slavery by the Aztecs, and then given to Cortes' men as slave payment by a vanquished chief. She served as Cortes' diplomat and translator (and also wife), but also ultimately the harbinger of death to the cruel Aztec empire that enslaved her. In the transition from one slavery to another, Malintzin became a subject of history, probably more instrumental to the Spanish Conquest than even Cortes, who would've died a thousand deaths without her
shennong posted:
is Boudica an exception to the rule? i'm not really familiar with how historians have treated her
Isn't the mystical wild but noble warrior woman a set archetype. They're written about in sort of mythical terms, like the author is always on the edge of disbelief. Or it's just a kind of gossipy, well they let women into battle and the women even have swords sort of thing.
Myfanwy posted:shennong posted:
is Boudica an exception to the rule? i'm not really familiar with how historians have treated herIsn't the mystical wild but noble warrior woman a set archetype. They're written about in sort of mythical terms, like the author is always on the edge of disbelief. Or it's just a kind of gossipy, well they let women into battle and the women even have swords sort of thing.
are you talking about roman historiography? what little i've read around Boudica has been from historians of celtic and romano-celtic britain who took Boudica and the uprising very seriously
