Tratado De Las Supersticiones Y Costumbres Gentflicas Que Hoy Viven Entre Los Indios Naturales De Esta Nueva España
Impresionante viaje por el norte de México en el siglo XVI en el que el autor se acerca a las costumbres nativas.
Treatise On The Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among The Indians Native To This New Spain, 1629
The Treatise of Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón is one of the most important surviving documents of early colonial Mexico. It was written in 1629 as an aid to Roman Catholic churchmen in their efforts to root out the vestiges of pre-Columbian Aztec religious beliefs and practices. For the student of Aztec religion and culture is…