Matthew Restall

@MatthewRestall

Historian of Latin America and of popular music. Find my latest books here:

Pennsylvania, USA
matthewrestall.com
Joined April 2018
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    16 May 2020

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    Start your weekend off right with our new 33 1/3, Elton John's Blue Moves, a deep dive into the man who redirected the evolution of pop music.
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  2. Aug 29

    Exactly!!

    Replying to @NotBeeew @Shimoji___
    Well, that’s a clever way to get a free shower. 👍🏼 Is he wearing shoes? For some reason, wearing nothing but shoes seems even MORE naked than wearing nothing at all! 😆
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  3. Aug 26

    Happy to announce this new book was released today:

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    Aug 7

    Get this graphic novel, it’s a masterwork!

    La Caída de Tenochtitlan. Novela Gráfica.
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  6. Aug 13

    Today, 500 years ago, a horrific war came to a tragic end, as the Aztec capital was overrun. Spare a thought for the millions of victims of this and all conflicts caused by imperial aggression.

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    Aug 13

    The fall of Tenochtitlan, 500 years ago today.

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    Aug 13
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    Thanks! I’ll look for it!

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    Jul 15

    By the middle of July 1521 the tide had started to turn in favour of the invading Spaniards and their allies. They had now entered ... Read the penultimate entry in our 'Encounters Countdown', thanks to .

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    Jun 3

    I highly recommend Matthew Restall's "When Montezuma Met Cortés" and "Seven Myths Of The Spanish Conquest."

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    May 22

    500 years ago TODAY the great battle for began, as the attacking forces (less than 1% of which were Spanish) set out from Tetzcoco to take up 3 siege positions... Follow our Invasion Countdown, thanks to (Lienzo de Tlaxcala)

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    May 11

    Happy moment today working with YouTube in the background: 's referenced by on

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    Apr 27

    Wooooo, be on the lookout for this Sunday May 2! The UK’s will reveal our video. Sexy new 3D game progress based on the findings of our historian heroes.

    “Do games have a responsibility to depict historical truth?” just submitted our video, be on the look out for ’s panel! It’s a dream showing how we take historians’ findings into our game.🔦
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    Apr 28

    HAHR senior editor discusses the Maya with the BBC's podcast. (h/t H-LatAm)

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    Apr 9

    script: 'Over the past 32 years, 5 major historical surveys of the world's writing systems have virtually ignored its existence (devoting just 3 pages to it out of a total of over 2000).' Gordon Whittaker's major new book Deciphering Aztec Glyphs -

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    Apr 8

    A wonderful (and also moving) story about mummified parrots in the Andes from my Penn State colleague in anthropology José Capriles:

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    Apr 9

    It's open call season! Which musicians or albums do you want to see in our next round of books?

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    Mar 1

    500 years ago power in the Valley of Mexico was shifting from to the eastern shores of the lake, with Ixtlilxochitl II (pic) planning to extend the control of the Tetzcoca-Tlaxcalteca-Spanish alliance... Follow - thanks to -

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    Feb 17

    Many thanks to Prof Gilbert Estrada of Long Beach City College, CA, for sharing a splendid, free, downloadable 19-page / History Resources List. Bang up-to-date (for now!) Get it here...

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    Jan 26

    Wrote a love letter to the # 1 song in heaven & exulted some of its beauteous covers, check it out here :)

    5cc of "I'm Not in Love" covers
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