Ritual Combat A Comparision Of The Aztec War Of Flowers And The Medieval M L E
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Ritual Combat A Comparison Of The Aztec War Of Flowers And The Medieval M L E
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Author : James Robert Moriarty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Ritual Combat A Comparison Of The Aztec War Of Flowers And The Medieval M L E written by James Robert Moriarty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Aztecs categories.
Ritual Combat A Comparision Of The Aztec War Of Flowers And The Medieval M L E
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Author : James Robert Moriarty
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1969
Ritual Combat A Comparision Of The Aztec War Of Flowers And The Medieval M L E written by James Robert Moriarty and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1969 with Aztecs categories.
The Fifteenth Month
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Author : John F. Schwaller
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2019-05-02
The Fifteenth Month written by John F. Schwaller and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-02 with History categories.
The Mexica (Aztecs) used a solar calendar made up of eighteen months, with each month dedicated to a specific god in their pantheon and celebrated with a different set of rituals. Panquetzaliztli, the fifteenth month, dedicated to the national god Huitzilopochtli (Hummingbird on the Left), was significant for its proximity to the winter solstice, and for the fact that it marked the beginning of the season of warfare. In The Fifteenth Month, John F. Schwaller offers a detailed look at how the celebrations of Panquetzaliztli changed over time and what these changes reveal about the history of the Aztecs. Drawing on a variety of sources, Schwaller deduces that prior to the rise of the Mexica in 1427, an earlier version of the month was dedicated to the god Tezcatlipoca (Smoking Mirror), a war and trickster god. The Mexica shifted the dedication to their god, developed a series of ceremonies—including long-distance running and human sacrifice—that would associate him with the sun, and changed the emphasis of the celebration from warfare alone to a combination of trade and warfare, since merchants played a significant role in Mexica statecraft. Further investigation shows how the resulting festival commemorated several important moments in Mexica history, how it came to include ceremonies associated with the winter solstice, and how it reflected a calendar reform implemented shortly before the arrival of the Spanish. Focused on one of the most important months in the Mexica year, Schwaller’s work marks a new methodology in which traditional sources for Mexica culture, rather than being interrogated for their specific content, are read for their insights into the historical development of the people. Just as Christmas re-creates the historic act of the birth of Jesus for Christians, so, The Fifteenth Month suggests, Panquetzaliztli was a symbolic re-creation of events from Mexica myths and history.
Am Ind G
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language : es
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Am Ind G written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Indians categories.
Am Rica Ind Gena
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language : es
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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Seven Myths Of The Spanish Conquest
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Author : Matthew Restall
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2004-10-28
Seven Myths Of The Spanish Conquest written by Matthew Restall and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-10-28 with History categories.
Here is an intriguing exploration of the ways in which the history of the Spanish Conquest has been misread and passed down to become popular knowledge of these events. The book offers a fresh account of the activities of the best-known conquistadors and explorers, including Columbus, Cortés, and Pizarro. Using a wide array of sources, historian Matthew Restall highlights seven key myths, uncovering the source of the inaccuracies and exploding the fallacies and misconceptions behind each myth. This vividly written and authoritative book shows, for instance, that native Americans did not take the conquistadors for gods and that small numbers of vastly outnumbered Spaniards did not bring down great empires with stunning rapidity. We discover that Columbus was correctly seen in his lifetime--and for decades after--as a briefly fortunate but unexceptional participant in efforts involving many southern Europeans. It was only much later that Columbus was portrayed as a great man who fought against the ignorance of his age to discover the new world. Another popular misconception--that the Conquistadors worked alone--is shattered by the revelation that vast numbers of black and native allies joined them in a conflict that pitted native Americans against each other. This and other factors, not the supposed superiority of the Spaniards, made conquests possible. The Conquest, Restall shows, was more complex--and more fascinating--than conventional histories have portrayed it. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest offers a richer and more nuanced account of a key event in the history of the Americas.
Everyday Life In The Aztec World
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Author : Frances F. Berdan
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2020-12-03
Everyday Life In The Aztec World written by Frances F. Berdan and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-03 with History categories.
This book offers views of Aztec lives and their interactions in rituals, markets, courts, and on the battlefield.
Ritual
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Author : Catherine Bell
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2009-12-29
Ritual written by Catherine Bell and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-29 with Social Science categories.
From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the variety of activities that qualify as ritual and their many contradictory yet, in many ways, equally legitimate interpretations, ritual seems to elude any systematic historical and comparative scrutiny. In this book, Catherine Bell offers a practical introduction to ritual practice and its study; she surveys the most influential theories of religion and ritual, the major categories of ritual activity, and the key debates that have shaped our understanding of ritualism. Bell refuses to nail down ritual with any one definition or understanding. Instead, her purpose is to reveal how definitions emerge and evolve and to help us become more familiar with the interplay of tradition, exigency, and self-expression that goes into constructing this complex social medium.
Narrative Of Some Things Of New Spain And Of The Great City Of Temestitan Mexico
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Author : Marshall Howard Saville
language : en
Publisher: Palala Press
Release Date : 2018-03-03
Narrative Of Some Things Of New Spain And Of The Great City Of Temestitan Mexico written by Marshall Howard Saville and has been published by Palala Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-03 with categories.
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Handbook To Life In The Aztec World
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Author : Manuel Aguilar-Moreno
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2007
Handbook To Life In The Aztec World written by Manuel Aguilar-Moreno and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
Describes daily life in the Aztec world, including coverage of geography, foods, trades, arts, games, wars, political systems, class structure, religious practices, trading networks, writings, architecture and science.