Life and Labor in Ancient Mexico: The Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain: The Brief and Summary Relation of Lords of New Spain - Brossura

De Zorita, Alonso

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0806126795 ISBN 13: 9780806126791

Casa editrice: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1994

Riassunto

The "Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain" is one of the major contemporary accounts of the economic, political, and social impact of the conquest of Aztec Mexico. Written by Alonso de Zorita, a Spanish judge of high integrity and many years' experience in colonial administration, it provides a detailed description of Aztec life before and after the Conquest. Based on Zorita's stay in Mexico from 1556 to 1566, it reflects the anguish felt by a devoted and humane servant of the Crown, who observed the misery inflicted upon the Indians by enslavement and Spanish-imposed tribute and labor systems

In his extensive introduction, Benjamin Keen provides a survey of the rise of Aztec society, conditions under post-Conquest colonial administration, and a biographical essay on Zoritas life and the reception of his work. With a new preface on recent scholarship and issues in Zorita's work, this edition remains the standard translation in English of the "Brief Relation."

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• Editore: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0806126795
• ISBN 13: 9780806126791
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336