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Referenced as an author who emphasizes what he sees as the near genocidal approach of the Spaniards. His book about Moctezuma meeting Cortez is specifically mentioned as giving 'a terrifying portrait' of the conquest's horrors. Also credited with the phrase 'armed entrepreneurs' to describe conquistadors. Described as wanting to remove glamour and melodrama from the conquest narrative.

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Referenced as 'the most brilliant recent book' about the conquest of the Aztecs. The hosts discuss how Restall views Cortés as a mediocrity rather than hero or villain, and later cite his five theories about Moctezuma's death.

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Referenced as a 'brilliant, brilliant book on the meeting between Montezuma and Cortez.' The book is discussed extensively regarding the theory that Montezuma may have been collecting the Spaniards for his zoo and that the standard narrative of Montezuma immediately surrendering is implausible.

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Referred to as 'The historian that we've mentioned most' who 'is brilliant on this' regarding the violent nature of the conquest and how it should be understood as a brutal war with violence against civilians.

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Referenced as 'one on the meeting of Cortez and Montezuma' - described as one of the most intellectually exciting historiographical experiences, came out around 2018-2019

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Explicitly mentioned as one of a couple of books by Matthew Restall on this topic, discussing revisionist historiography of the conquest