By contrast, a non-specialist (who thought Torquemada arrived in New Spain in 1583 and made other elementary mistakes about his life in the few sentences he devoted to it) offered this observation which can be taken to be representative of the opposite tendency:-The value of Monarquia Indiana as a history of prehispanic Mexico and of its conquest by Cortes is marginal. This hodgepodge of facts and fiction and of a few interesting details lost in tedious disquisitions is important for other reasons. .
A non-expert, who believed Torquemada arrived in New Spain in 1583 and made other basic errors about his life in the few sentences he dedicated to it, offered this observation: The value of Monarquia Indiana as a history of prehispanic Mexico and its conquest by Cortes is minimal. This mixture of facts and fiction and some interesting details lost in lengthy discussions is important for other reasons.