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The Aztec kings : the construction of rulership in Mexica history

Print Book, English, ©1989
University of Arizona Press, Tucson, ©1989
History
xli, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780816510955, 9780816513390, 0816510954, 0816513392
19353576
An introduction to the analysis of Aztec historical traditions
pt. 1. The woman of discord. A model of the Tenochtitlan Dynasty ; The founding queen ; Mothers of gods and daughters of Chichimecs ; Motecuhzoma's daughters
pt. 2. The recycled king. Motecuhzoma and Quetzalcoatl: on the boundary ; The creation of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl ; Aztec sacred history and divine kingship