[stripes1776]

Wood described how Cortes and some of his officers were taken to the killing room at the top of one of the temples. Montezuma tried to give Cortez and his buddies a lesson in Aztec theology, explaining how well ripping the hearts from their victims made the Sun happy and kept the world going round. The speech was obviously intended to sell Cortez on the Aztec worldview. Wood related at how absolutly angry Cortez and his buddies got when they heard this

Did that meeting actually happen, or was this something Michael Wood was guessing about?

[VOA]

Did that meeting actually happen, or was this something Michael Wood was guessing about?

It's been a few years since I saw it...but I think Wood was using
writing left by Cortez or one of his party as source.

I've seen Wood on a couple of previous documentaries and he does
seem to be fairly serious about getting history right.

Of course, we're at the mercy of that old dictum...
the victors are the ones that write the history!

[VOA]

Here's a link...the first paragraph just mentions that the Spaniards were
horrified at the Aztec's human sacrifices.
http://www.pbs.org/conquistadors/cortes/cortes_f00.html

In the video, Wood expands on that by recounting the "moment of truth"
when the Spaniards' revulsion was really solidified.