History and Cryptology: Reflections on the Purpose of Two of Cortés’s letters
This paper presents a number of reflections on the advantages that historians may obtain by acquiring knowledge of the principles of cryptology and cryptoanalysis to improve heuristic research as well as the analysis, interpretation and criticism of the sources for increasing our understanding of Ne...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28097 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/28097 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Hernán Cortés cryptology paleography New Spain historiography 16th century criptología paleografía historiografía novohispana siglo XVI |
| Sumario: | This paper presents a number of reflections on the advantages that historians may obtain by acquiring knowledge of the principles of cryptology and cryptoanalysis to improve heuristic research as well as the analysis, interpretation and criticism of the sources for increasing our understanding of New Spain historiography. Beginning with a review of certain documents and articles regarding two coded letters written by Hernán Cortés, the author bases his arguments on some basic teachings of the general history of cryptology and selected historiographic pieces on Cortés and his times to confirm the possibility of obtaining the aforementioned advantages. |
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