Miguel Leon­Portilla, a Mexican anthropologist, gathered accounts by the Aztecs, some of which were written shortly after the conquest. Speeches of Motecuhzoma and Cortés When Motecuhzoma [Montezuma] ...
The altar dates back to the time after the Spanish conquest of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlán. Experts say it was located in a courtyard inside a home of an Aztec family, who would have used it ...
Inga Clendinnen reconstructs the sequence of experiences through which young Aztec warriors were brought to embrace their duty to their people, to their city, and to the forces that moved the world ...
Seeking to correct common misperceptions, Kellogg stresses the humanity of the Aztecs and problematizes the use of the terms 'human sacrifice', 'myth', and 'conquest'. ‘In this indispensable guide to ...
There was an online ruckus a few months ago when social media users got a taste of Emily Wilson’s translation of “The Iliad,” with some readers bemoaning that it sounded too modern while ...
In the course of the Spanish Conquest, Aztec culture was almost completely obliterated. So how much do we, can we, actually know about the Aztecs that these buskers are honouring? Virtually all ...
The conquest of Mexico began in 1519 when a small army led by Hernán Cortés landed in the modern-day state of Veracruz. Within two years, the Spanish had overcome the powerful Aztec Empire.
It was here, where there had once been an Aztec shrine, that in December 1531, just ten years after the Conquest, the Virgin Mary appeared to a young Aztec man whom the Spaniards called Juan Diego.