Aztec thought and culture
Book 1963 León Portilla, Miguel

AztecsMiddle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This source attempts to reconstruct Aztec thought—cosmology, metaphysics, theology, history, art, human nature, and the acquisition of knowledge—as revealed in Nahuatl texts. There is particular reliance on the accounts given by informants belonging ...

The broken spears
Book 1962 León-Portilla, Miguel & Kemp, Lysander, 1920

AztecsMiddle America and the Caribbean > Central Mexico
This source consists of selected excerpts from a number of primary sources revealing the Aztec point of view of the downfall of their imperial society and culture, as recounted by native authors and informants, in some cases from living memory. The e...