The History of the Indies of New Spain: Volume 210 (The Civilization of the American Indian Series) - Softcover

Duran, Fray Diego

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0806141077 ISBN 13: 9780806141077

Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press, 1994

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Book by Duran Fray Diego

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Reseña del editor:

Volume 210 in the Civilization of the American Indian Series Durán traces the history of the Aztecs from their mythic origins to the destruction of the empire, when bearded strangers came from the east in "houses floating on the water." He tells of Cortés's alliance with the enemies of the Aztecs, the ensuing battles, and the death of Motecuhzoma II. Durán, a sixteenth-century Dominican friar, was born in Spain but raised in Mexico. His firsthand experience of Mexican culture and fluency in the Nahuatl language made him one of the most sympathetic and knowledgeable of the missionary-ethnographers. He based his History on a Nahuatl chronicle now lost as well as on interviews with living Aztec informants.

Biografía del autor:

Doris Heyden, a leading scholar and author of numerous books on Aztec civilization, is Senior Researcher in Mexican History and Religion at the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History, and Professor of Prehispanic Art at the National Autonomous University of Mexico.

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• Verlag: University of Oklahoma Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0806141077
• ISBN 13: 9780806141077
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 674