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Author Clendinnen, Inga, author.
Title The cost of courage in Aztec society : essays on Mesoamerican society and culture / Inga Clendinnen.
Publication Info New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.


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Descript v, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico; 2. Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century Yucatán; 3. The cost of courage in Aztec society; 4. Ways to the sacred: reconstructing 'religion' in sixteenth century Mexico; 5. Landscape and world view: the survival of Yucatec Maya culture under Spanish conquest; 6. Breaking the mirror: from the Aztec spring festival to organ transplantation; 7. Reading Mr. Robinson.
ISBN 9780521732079
0521732077
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Author Clendinnen, Inga, author.
Subject Aztecs -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aztecs -- Warfare -- Social aspects.
Aztecs -- Religion.
Violence -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century.
Mayas -- Rites and ceremonies.
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
Descript v, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico; 2. Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century Yucatán; 3. The cost of courage in Aztec society; 4. Ways to the sacred: reconstructing 'religion' in sixteenth century Mexico; 5. Landscape and world view: the survival of Yucatec Maya culture under Spanish conquest; 6. Breaking the mirror: from the Aztec spring festival to organ transplantation; 7. Reading Mr. Robinson.
ISBN 9780521732079
0521732077
Author Clendinnen, Inga, author.
Subject Aztecs -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aztecs -- Warfare -- Social aspects.
Aztecs -- Religion.
Violence -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century.
Mayas -- Rites and ceremonies.
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL 4th Floor  F1219.76.R57 C55 2010  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL 4th Floor  F1219.76.R57 C55 2010  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
 BJL 4th Floor  F1219.76.R57 C55 2010  8 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE

Subject Aztecs -- Rites and ceremonies.
Aztecs -- Warfare -- Social aspects.
Aztecs -- Religion.
Violence -- Mexico -- History -- 16th century.
Mayas -- Rites and ceremonies.
Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540.
Descript v, 216 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico; 2. Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century Yucatán; 3. The cost of courage in Aztec society; 4. Ways to the sacred: reconstructing 'religion' in sixteenth century Mexico; 5. Landscape and world view: the survival of Yucatec Maya culture under Spanish conquest; 6. Breaking the mirror: from the Aztec spring festival to organ transplantation; 7. Reading Mr. Robinson.
ISBN 9780521732079
0521732077
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