Friar Bernardino Sahag�n was in 1529 one of the first Catholic missionaries to the Aztecs. During his sojourn in Mexico he came to speak Nahuatl (the native language) fluently and to understand the Aztec culture, customs, religion and infrastructure intimately. He compiled the largest and most richly detailed record of the Aztecs and their history before the civilisation was wiped out by the Spanish conquest, and Sahag�n is sometimes considered 'the father of ethnology', as his study was the first to derive from the ...
Read More
Friar Bernardino Sahag�n was in 1529 one of the first Catholic missionaries to the Aztecs. During his sojourn in Mexico he came to speak Nahuatl (the native language) fluently and to understand the Aztec culture, customs, religion and infrastructure intimately. He compiled the largest and most richly detailed record of the Aztecs and their history before the civilisation was wiped out by the Spanish conquest, and Sahag�n is sometimes considered 'the father of ethnology', as his study was the first to derive from the subjects' own point of view, through using native informants in his research. The work, written in 1540, was originally an illustrated manuscript of twelve books in a combination of Nahuatl and Spanish; this version, in Spanish only, was first published in 1829. Volume 2 examines the government and monarchy, the gold and precious stone industry, sacrificial divination, and Aztec theology and moral philosophy.
Read Less
Add this copy of Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España to cart. $65.35, new condition, Sold by Ingram Customer Returns Center rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from NV, USA, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
Choose your shipping method in Checkout. Costs may vary based on destination.
Seller's Description:
New. Text in Spanish. Trade paperback (US). Contains: Unspecified. Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España 3 Volume Paperback Set ; Cambridge Library Collection - Latin American Studies . Includes unspecified. Intended for professional and scholarly audience.
Add this copy of Historia General De Las Cosas De Nueva Espana: Volume 2 to cart. $96.11, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
Add this copy of Historia General De Las Cosas De Nueva Espana: Volume 2 to cart. $135.12, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2011 by Cambridge University Press.
