Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions: That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain, 1629volume 164

by Hernando Ruiz de Alarcón

Book Overview

The Treatise of Hernando Ruiz de Alarc?n 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 it is a valuable source of information.

Hernando Ruiz de Alarc?n was born in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico, in the latter part...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806120312
• ISBN13: 9780806120317
• Release Date: March 1987
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 406 Pages
• Weight: 1.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.9" x 9.9"