Books by Diego Duran
“Some of our best information about Aztec culture and society is from the Spanish friars, who wanted to convert the natives to Christianity. They thought that the more they learned about native religion and native culture, the easier conversions would be.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Diego Duran were recommended
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The Essential Codex Mendoza
by Frances Berdan & Patricia Anawalt -
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Book of the Gods and Rites and the Ancient Calendar
by Diego Duran -
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Aztec Imperial Strategies
by Elizabeth Hill Boone, Frances Berdan, Mary G. Hodge, Michael E. Smith & Richard E. Blanton -
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The Nahuas After the Conquest: A Social and Cultural History of the Indians of Central Mexico, Sixteenth Through Eighteenth Centuries
by James Lockhart -
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The Offerings of the Templo Mayor of Tenochtitlan
by Leonardo Lopez Lujan
The best books on The Aztecs, recommended by Michael E. Smith
The best books on The Aztecs, recommended by Michael E. Smith
The history of the Aztecs is the best documented of all the Native American peoples, shedding light on life in the Americas before the arrival of the conquistadors. Professor Michael E. Smith, an archaeologist at Arizona State University, introduces books about the Aztec Empire — with a focus on documentary sources and artefacts that reveal not only how the elites lived, but also ordinary people.
