We People Here: Nahuatl Accounts of The Conquest of Mexico: 1 (Repertorium Columbianum) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592446817 ISBN 13: 9781592446810

Publisher: Wipf and Stock, 2004

Synopsis

Historians are concerned today that the Spaniards' early accounts of their first experiences with the Indians in the Americas should be balanced with accounts from the Indian perspective. 'We People Here' reflects that concern, bringing together important and revealing documents written in the Nahuatl language in sixteenth-century Mexico. James Lockhart's superior translation combines contemporary English with the most up-to-date, nuanced understanding of Nahuatl grammar and meaning. The foremost Nahuatl conquest account is Book Twelve of the Florentine Codex. In this monumental work - volume 1 of a series, produced by U.C.L.A's Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, called the 'Repertorium Columbianum' - Fray Bernardino de Sahagun commissioned Nahuas to collect and record in their own language accounts of the conquest of Mexico; he then added a parallel Spanish account that is part summary, part elaboration of the Nahuatl. Here, the Nahuatl and Spanish texts are together in one volume with en face English translations and reproductions of the copious illustrations from the Codex. Also included are five other Nahua conquest texts. Lockhart's introduction discusses each one individually, placing the narratives in context.

About this title

About the Author:

James Lockhart is Professor of History at the University of California, Los Angeles. His most recent book is The Nahuas After the Conquest (1992).

About this edition

• Publisher: Wipf and Stock
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1592446817
• ISBN 13: 9781592446810
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 354
• Editor: Lockhart James