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Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva España

Bernardino de Sahagûn author Carlos Maria de Bustamante editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:27th Jan '11

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Written in 1540 by Friar Bernardino de Sahagûn, an in-depth ethnological account of the Aztec customs, religion and language.

A Franciscan missionary to the Aztecs in 1529, Friar Bernardino Sahagûn is considered 'the father of ethnology', as his study was the first to derive from the subjects' own point of view. The largest and most richly detailed account of the Aztecs' customs, religion and language before the Spanish conquest.Friar Bernardino Sahagûn 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 Sahagûn 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. This final volume contains a full natural history and geological description, general Aztec history, and a catalogue of spirits, demons and religious figures.

ISBN: 9781108025850

Dimensions: 216mm x 20mm x 140mm

Weight: 450g

354 pages