The Legacy Of Rulership In Fernando De Alva Ixtlilxochitl S Historia De La Naci N Chichimeca

In this book Leisa A. Kauffmann takes an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the writings of one of Mexico’s early chroniclers, Fernando de Alva Ixtilxochitl, a bilingual seventeenth-century historian from Central Mexico. His writing, especially his portrayal of the great pre-Hispanic poet-king Nezahualcoyotl, influenced other canonical histories of Mexico and is still influential today. Many scholars who discuss Alva Ixtlilxochitl’s writing focus on his personal and literary investment in the European classical tradition, but Kauffmann argues that his work needs to be read through the lens of Nahua cultural concepts and literary-historical precepts. She suggests that he is best understood in light of his ancestral ties to Tetzcoco’s rulers and as a historian who worked within both Native and European traditions. By paying attention to his representation of rulership, Kauffmann demonstrates how the literary and symbolic worlds of the Nahua exist in allegorical but still discernible subtexts within the larger Spanish context of his writing.

Fernando de Alva Ixtlilxochitl and His Legacy provides a much-needed overview of the life, work, and contribution of an important seventeenth-century historian. The volume explores the complexities of Alva Ixtlilxochitl's life and works, revising and broadening our understanding of his racial and cultural identity and his contribution to Mexican history.

""The Chichimeca genealogy", a literal English translation of the ten chapteres of a 17-century ancient manuscript accoung og the Royal Mesoamerican genealogy from "The Four Ages" to "The Aztlan Invasions""--Title page verso.

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This hardcover is an English Translation of "Obras Históricas", the first ten chapters that are the historical and genealogy accounts ("annals", per say) of the Chichimeca Royal Dynasty in the Ancient Mesoamerican territory.The annals include "The Four Ages", with brief reference to their gods, the giants, and the arrival from the Orient of the charismatic and grave bearded-youth "Quetzálcoatl" (also known as Ce Ácatl and Huémac).The annals also document the invasion from Aztlán of at least two tribes traveling in the same ship fleet. The "Tlatelocas" and the "Tenochas", who although traveling together, were rivals in sacerdotal doctrine.They were prone to dispute and war pertaining to the doctrine of an "Eagle", and occupied separate territories upon arrival to the Ancient Mesoamerican territory due to this deep-set belief system. The Tenochas are known in today's world as the "Aztecs". This is modern 'slang', per say, their name in actually being "the Tenochas".