Aztecs: An Interpretation

Inga Clendinnen

Cambridge University Press, Jan 29, 1993 - History - 414 pages

Inga Clendinnen creates a vivid and dramatic picture of life in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, once the nerve centre of the Aztec tribute empire. She explores the worlds of Aztec women, of priests and of warriors, in an extraordinary recreation of everyday life in the city. Contrasting the beauty and sophistication of Aztec culture with the savagery of human sacrifice, she attempts to explain the philosophy, rituals, and social structures that underpinned this remarkable empire.

About the author

Inga Clendinnen was born in Geelong, Australia on August 17, 1934. She studied history at the University of Melbourne. She became a historian of Aztec and Mayan culture and society. She taught at the University of Melbourne and La Trobe University. She wrote numerous books during her lifetime including Reading the Holocaust, Tiger's Eye, Dancing with Strangers, and Agamemnon's Kiss. She died on September 8, 2016 at the age of 82.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Aztecs: An Interpretation
• Author: Inga Clendinnen
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993
• ISBN: 0521446953, 9780521446952
• Length: 414 pages
• Subjects: History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies); History / Latin America / General; History / Medieval