Ríos Castaño, Victoria,

Translation as conquest : Sahagún and Universal history of the things of New Spain / Victoria Ríos Castaño. - 1 online resource. - Parecos y australes ; 13 . - Parecos y australes ; 13. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sahagún's education and Franciscan training in Spain -- Sahagún's intellectual origins : from early education to the university of Salamanca -- Sahagún's religious education : the Friary of San Francisco -- Sahagún and the spiritual conquest of New Spain -- The Imperial College of Santa Cruz in Santiago de Tlatelolco -- Sahagún's composition of linguistic and doctrinal works in Nahuatl -- Books on antiquities and geographical accounts -- Sahagún's intellectual models for the composition of Historia universal -- Sahagún and the encyclopaedic tradition -- The influence of Christian works on Historia universal -- Inquisitorial techniques as Sahagún's method of data collection -- The Inquisition in Spain and New Spain during the first half of the sixteenth-century -- Olmos and Sahagún's application of the inquisitorial techniques to the collection of indigenous data -- The origin of Sahagún's questions -- The composition of Historia universal : Sahagún, the respondents, and the assistants -- The Nahua respondents' role -- The Nahua assistants' role -- Sahagún's role.

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Bernardino, de Sahagún, 1499-1590.
Bernardino, de Sahagún, 1499-1590. Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España.


Franciscans--History--Mexico--16th century.
Nahuatl language--Early works to 1800.
Indians of Mexico--History--16th century.


Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810.


Electronic books.

F1231.S33 ebook

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