The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth CenturiesA monumental achievement of scholarship, this volume on the Nahua Indians of Central Mexico (often called Aztecs) constitutes our best understanding of any New World indigenous society in the period following European contact. Simply put, the purpose of this book is to throw light on the history of Nahua society and culture through the use of records in Nahuatl, concentrating on the time when the bulk of the extant documents were written, between about 1540-50 and the late eighteenth century. At the same time, the earliest records are full of implications for the very first years after contact, and ultimately for the preconquest epoch as well, both of which are touched on here in ways that are more than introductory or ancillary. |
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
Altepetl | 14 |
4 | 19 |
Postconquest Rulers of Tenochtitlan | 34 |
Officials of Tulancingo at Two Points in the Late Period | 50 |
Household | 59 |
1 | 60 |
4 | 76 |
1 | 144 |
Religious Life | 203 |
Language | 261 |
Ways of Writing | 326 |
Forms of Expression | 374 |
IO Conclusion | 427 |
Appendix A Four Nahuatl Documents | 455 |
Appendix B Molinas Model Testament | 468 |
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Common terms and phrases
alcalde altepetl Amaquemecan annals appear Azcapotzalco cabildo Calimaya callalli called calpollalli calpolli Caxtillan central Mexico Chalco Chimalpahin church cofradía colonial period common complex conquest Coyoacan Cruz Cuernavaca Culhuacan distinction don Juan early encomienda entities equivalent European example fiscal genre Gibson governor Hispanic household huehuetlalli Indian indigenous land language late loans loanword lords macehualli macehualtin María meaning Mexican Mexico City Miguel MNAH AH Molina municipal Nahua Nahuatl documents Nahuatl texts names nobles notary nouns one's organization original perhaps person pesos phrase pialia pochteca postconquest preconquest records reference regidor region relatively religious ruler saints seems seen seventeenth century sixteenth century sources Spaniards Spanish specific Stage surnames Table teccalli Tenochtitlan Tepemaxalco testaments Tetzcoco teuctli things Tierras tion titles Tlalmanalco tlatoani tlatoque Tlaxcala tlaxilacalli tlayacatl Toluca Valley tradition translation tribute Tulancingo units verb vocabulary word writing Xochimilco