Annals of Native America: How the Nahuas of Colonial Mexico Kept Their History Alive

Camilla Townsend

Old stories in new letters (1520s-1550s) -- Becoming conquered (the 1560s) -- Forging friendship with Franciscans (1560s-1580s) -- The riches of twilight (circa 1600) -- Renaissance in the East (the seventeenth century) -- Epilogue: Postscript from a golden age -- Appendices -- The texts in Nahuatl -- Historia Tolteca Chichimeca -- Annals of Tlatelolco -- Annals of Juan Bautista -- Annals of Tecamachalco -- Annals of Cuauhtitlan -- Chimalpahin, seventh relation -- Don Juan Buenaventura Zapata y Mendoza

HistoryAmerican History · medium confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryAward Category: American Historical Association Book Prizes: Beveridge Family Prize in American History -> American HistoryAward Category: American History -> American HistoryIndigenous HistoryEmpire & ColonialismLatin America & the CaribbeanRegional & Local History
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    • Chimalpahin36%
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