Title Annals of Native America : how the Nahuas of colonial Mexico kept their history alive / Camilla Townsend

Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Old stories in new letters (1520s-1550s) -- Becoming conquered (the 1560s) -- Forging friendship with Franciscans (1560s-1580s) -- The riches of twilight (c. 1600) -- Renaissance in the East (the 17th century) -- Epilogue: Postscript from a golden age -- Appendices -- The texts in Nahuatl -- Historia Tolteca Chichimeca -- Annals of Tlatelolco -- Annals of Juan Bautista -- Annals of Tecamachalco -- Annals of Cuauhtitlan -- Chimalpahin, seventh relation -- Don Juan Bautista Buenaventura Zapata y Mendoza -- Annals of Puebla Summary For many generations, the Nahuas of Mexico maintained their tradition of the xiuhpohualli (SHOO-po-wa-lee), or ""year counts, "" telling and performing their history around communal firesides so that the memory of it would not be lost. When the Spaniards came, young Nahuas took the Roman letters taught them by the friars and used the new alphabet to record historical performances by elders. These written texts were carefully preserved and even expanded upon for over a century. The annals, as they have often been called, were written not only by Indians but also for Indians, without regard to Eu Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject Nahuas -- History -- Sources Nahuas -- Historiography Nahuatl language -- History Nahuatl literature -- History Indians of Mexico -- History HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico. Antiquities Indians of Mexico Nahuas Nahuas -- Historiography Nahuatl language Nahuatl literature SUBJECT Mexico -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084538 Mexico -- History -- To 1519. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084572 Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519-1540. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85084574 Subject Mexico Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book LC no. 2016027807 ISBN 9780190629007 0190629002 9780190629014 0190629010 9780190629021 0190629029

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