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La Imagen Azteca En El Pensamiento Occidental Hardcover - 1984
by Benjamin Keen
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- Title La Imagen Azteca En El Pensamiento Occidental
- Author Benjamin Keen
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Mexican Ed
- Pages 611
- Volumes 1
- Language SPA
- Publisher Fondo de Cultura Economica USA, Mexico City
- Date 1984
- ISBN 9789681618063 / 9681618068
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609 pages with frontispiece, plates, maps and index. Royal octavo (9 1/4" x 6 1/2") issued in brown with black lettering to cover and spine. translated by Juan Jose Utrilla. inscribed by Dr Keen. First published by Rutgers University Press. 1st Mexican edition. The great inquiry into the nature of Aztec Civilization began at the very moment of its destruction in the name of Spanish Crown and Church. From the conquistadors and the early missionaries and colonizers Europe received the first, classic descriptions of the Valley of Mexico. "I Know very well," Cortes informed the Emperor Charles V, "that what I shall say, although imperfectly told, will appear so wonderful that it will hardly seem credible, for even we, who see with our own eyes the things I describe, are unable to comprehend their reality." So, in the year 1519, Cortes reported his impressions of the magnificent ceremonial city of Mexico-Tenochitlan to his royal master. In this work Dr Keen explores the shifting attitudes and focus of the…
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