Nahua humanism and ethnohistory: Antonio Valeriano and a letter from the rulers of Azcapotzalco to Philip II, 1561
dc.contributor.author | Laird, Andrew |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-06-20T20:08:56Z |
dc.date.available | 2025-06-20T20:08:56Z |
dc.date.issued | 2016 |
dc.identifier.issn | 3061-8002 |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12525/6930 |
dc.description.abstract | The 1561 letter from the Nahua governors of Azcapotzalco to Philip II has long been recognised as a crucial source for the history of the Tepanec empire under Tezozomoc, which was a model for later Aztec domination. The present paper offers close analysis of the humanist conventions of epistolography, classical exempla and Nahua traditions and forms of knowledge combined in this important text, which leads to conclusive identification of the native scholar and political leader Antonio Valeriano as its author. Valeriano’s own words in the letter show that he cannot have written the Nican mopohua, but it will be suggested that he may have produced the Nahuatl translations of Aesop’s fables |
dc.description.abstract | La carta de 1561 de los gobernadores nahuas de Azcapotzalco a Felipe II es una fuente ya bien conocida de la historia del imperio tepaneca de Tezozómoc, el cual proporcionó un modelo para el dominio azteca posterior. El presente trabajo es un análisis detallado de ese importante texto —del estilo epistolar humanista, de los exempla clásicos y de las tradiciones y formas del saber nahua— que lleva a identificar a Antonio Valeriano como su autor. Por las propias palabras de Valeriano en la carta, es evidente que no pudo haber escrito el Nican mopohua, aunque se sugiere que sí pudo haber sido el traductor de las fábulas de Esopo en náhuatl |
dc.description.sponsorship | Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
dc.format | |
dc.format.extent | p. 23-74 |
dc.language.iso | spa |
dc.publisher | Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México |
dc.relation | Laird, Andrew. "Nahua humanism and ethnohistory: Antonio Valeriano and a letter from the rulers of Azcapotzalco to Philip II, 1561". Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, Vol. 52 (2016): 23-74. Edición digital en PDF. Disponible en https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77806/68855, Disponible en Repositorio Institucional Históricas‑UNAM, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12525/6930 |
dc.relation.ispartof | https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/issue/view/5821 |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 |
dc.source | Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl 52 (2016). https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/issue/view/5821 |
dc.title | Nahua humanism and ethnohistory: Antonio Valeriano and a letter from the rulers of Azcapotzalco to Philip II, 1561 |
dc.title.alternative | Humanismo nahua y etnohistoria: Antonio Valeriano y una carta de los regidores de Azcapotzalco a Felipe II, 1561 |
dc.type | Artículo |
dcterms.bibliographicCitation | Laird, Andrew. "Nahua humanism and ethnohistory: Antonio Valeriano and a letter from the rulers of Azcapotzalco to Philip II, 1561". Estudios de Cultura Náhuatl, Vol. 52 (2016): 23-74. Edición digital en PDF. Disponible en https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77806/68855, Disponible en Repositorio Institucional Históricas‑UNAM, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12525/6930 |
dc.rights.holder | La titularidad de los derechos patrimoniales de esta obra pertenecen a la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Su uso se rige por una licencia CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 Internacional http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode.es, fecha de asignación de la licencia 2016, para un uso diferente consultar al correo: nahuatl@unam.mx |
dc.coverage.placeofpublication | México |
dc.subject.keywords | Azcapotzalco |
dc.subject.keywords | pre-hispanic and colonial period |
dc.subject.keywords | Aesop |
dc.subject.keywords | Latin |
dc.subject.keywords | Nican mopohua |
dc.subject.keywords | Sahagún |
dc.subject.keywords | Tepanecs,Tezozomoc |
dc.subject.keywords | Torquemada |
dc.subject.keywords | Valeriano |
dc.subject.keywords | Azcapotzalco |
dc.subject.keywords | época prehispánica y colonial |
dc.subject.keywords | Esopo |
dc.subject.keywords | latín |
dc.subject.keywords | Nican mopohua |
dc.subject.keywords | Sahagún |
dc.subject.keywords | tepanecas,Tezozómoc |
dc.subject.keywords | Torquemada |
dc.subject.keywords | Valeriano |
dc.type.publicationversion | publishedVersion |
dc.audience | students |
dc.audience | researchers |
dc.audience | teachers |
dc.rights.access | openAccess |
dc.identifier.url | https://nahuatl.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ecn/article/view/77806/68855 |
dc.relation.volume | 52 |
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