Nahua humanism and ethnohistory: Antonio Valeriano and a letter from the rulers of Azcapotzalco to Philip II, 1561
The 1561 letter from the Nahua governors of Azcapotzalco to Philip II has long been recognised as a crucial source for the history of the Tepanec empire under Tezozomoc, which was a model for later Aztec domination. The present paper offers close analysis of the humanist conventions of epistolograph...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | México |
| Recursos: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/77806 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77806 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Azcapotzalco época prehispánica y colonial Esopo latín Nican mopohua Sahagún tepanecas Tezozómoc Torquemada Valeriano pre-hispanic and colonial period Aesop Latin Tepanecs Tezozomoc |
| Resumo: | The 1561 letter from the Nahua governors of Azcapotzalco to Philip II has long been recognised as a crucial source for the history of the Tepanec empire under Tezozomoc, which was a model for later Aztec domination. The present paper offers close analysis of the humanist conventions of epistolography, classical exempla and Nahua traditions and forms of knowledge combined in this important text, which leads to conclusive identification of the native scholar and political leader Antonio Valeriano as its author. Valeriano’s own words in the letter show that he cannot have written the Nican mopohua, but it will be suggested that he may have produced the Nahuatl translations of Aesop’s fables. |
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