The second power of Mesoamerica, ruling Michoacán from Tzintzuntzan — never beaten by the Aztecs.
Nuño de Guzmán burned the cazonci Tangaxuán II at the stake on 14 February 1530, extinguishing the state.
A scholarly study of the conquest and early colonial history of Michoacán, 1521-1565.
Broad reframing of the Mesoamerican conquests in which Michoacán fell (broad context).
Primary source: Díaz del Castillo was present and provides extensive eyewitness account of the Tlaxcalan alliance with Cortés — essential for understanding this polity's survival strategy.
A scholarly study of the Relacion de Michoacan and the Purepecha (Tarascan) society and history it records.