Professor Nicholson sorts through this wealth of material, classifying, summarizing, and analyzing all known primary accounts of the career of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, in the Spanish, Nahuatl, and Mayan languages, which Spanish missionaries and Spanish-educated natives recorded after the Conquest. In a new introduction, he updates the original source material presently available to scholars interested in this figure. After careful consideration of the evidence, he concludes that, in spite of the obvious myth surrounding this renowned Toltec priest-ruler, at least some of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl's recorded life and deeds are drawn from historical fact. Nicholson also contends that the tradition of his expected return probably played a role in the peaceable reception of Cortes by Moctezuma II in Mexico's Tenochtitlan in the fall of 1519.
Including new illustrations and an index, "Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs" constitutes a major contribution to Mesoamerican ethnohistory and archaeology.
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Professor Nicholson sorts through this wealth of material, classifying, summarizing, and analyzing all known primary accounts of the career of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl, in the Spanish, Nahuatl, and Mayan languages, which Spanish missionaries and Spanish-educated natives recorded after the Conquest. In a new introduction, he updates the original source material presently available to scholars interested in this figure. After careful consideration of the evidence, he concludes that, in spite of the obvious myth surrounding this renowned Toltec priest-ruler, at least some of Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl's recorded life and deeds are drawn from historical fact. Nicholson also contends that the tradition of his expected return probably played a role in the peaceable reception of Cortes by Moctezuma II in Mexico's Tenochtitlan in the fall of 1519.
Including new illustrations and an index, "Topiltzin Quetzalcoatl: The Once and Future Lord of the Toltecs" constitutes a major contribution to Mesoamerican ethnohistory and archaeology.
Imprint | University Press of Colorado |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | September 2001 |
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First published | September 2001 |
Authors | H. B Nicholson |
Dimensions | 229 x 152 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 432 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-87081-554-6 |
Barcode | 9780870815546 |
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LSN | 0-87081-554-7 |