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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 multiple times as a primary source memoir ('if you read Bernal Diaz'). Díaz was a conquistador who participated in the conquest and wrote extensive recollections, quoted directly regarding the Spaniards' fears and Moctezuma's death.

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Referenced as 'one of the most loved of all chivalric romances' - Cortés supposedly reminded his men of a line from this work before battle: 'it is better to die for a good cause than to live with dishonor.'

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Described as an indigenous account 'told by indigenous people to Franciscan friars' - used as a source for the Mexica perspective on the temple massacre, with a lengthy passage quoted from it.

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Explicitly mentioned as 'a book called The History of the Indies of New Spain, which was published in 1581 by a guy called Diego Duran, who was a Dominican' - cited as a source suggesting Moctezuma was found with dagger wounds and in chains.