Tlacaelel remembered : mastermind of the Aztec Empire / Susan Schroeder.

Author
Schroeder, Susan [Browse]
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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2016]
Description
xiii, 218 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    • Civilization of the American Indian series ; v. 276. [More in this series]
    • The civilization of the American Indian series ; volume 276
    Summary note
    The enigmatic and powerful Tlacaelel (1398-1487), wrote annalist Chimalpahin, was "the beginning and origin" of the Mexica monarchy in fifteenth-century Mesoamerica. Brother of the first Moteuczoma, Tlacaelel would become "the most powerful, feared, and esteemed man of all that the world had seen up to that time." But this outsize figure of Aztec history has also long been shrouded in mystery. In Tlacaelel Remembered, the first biography of the Mexica nobleman, Susan Schroeder searches out the truth about his life and legacy ... As Schroeder traces Tlacaelel through the annals, she also examines how his story was transmitted and transformed in later histories. The resulting work is the most complete and comprehensive account ever given of this significant figure in Mesoamerican history.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-203) and indexes.
    Contents
    • The who and the why of Tlacaelel : an introduction
    • The man, the office, and the deity : the sources
    • The beginnings of the Mexica histories, and the early years
    • The quintessential Altepetl and a golden age
    • Tlacaelel's successors in the colonial era
    • Conclusion : a legend?
    ISBN
    • 9780806154343 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0806154349 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
    • 0806192224
    • 9780806192222
    LCCN
    2016014429
    OCLC
    945804276
    Other standard number
    • 40026642364
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