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- Condition
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- ISBN
- 9781939879028
- Book Title
- Yucatan at the Time of the Spanish Encounter : Relacion De Las Cosas De Yucatan
- Publisher
- Hispanic Economics
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2013
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Genre
- Travel, Social Science, History
- Topic
- Latin America / Mexico, Mexico, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
- Item Weight
- 15.7 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 300 Pages
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Publisher
Hispanic Economics
ISBN-10
1939879027
ISBN-13
9781939879028
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166655234
Product Key Features
Book Title
Yucatan at the Time of the Spanish Encounter : Relacion De Las Cosas De Yucatan
Number of Pages
300 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2013
Topic
Latin America / Mexico, Mexico, Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Genre
Travel, Social Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
15.7 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
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In an ambitious new translation of Diego de Landa's Account of the Things of Yucat n (Relaci n de las cosas de Yucat n), the editor revises and updates the language for the contemporary reader of English. In the process he captures the narrative power and intensity, the nuances and subtleties of meaning and the emotions of Landa's history of Yucat n at the time of Spanish arrival, conquest, and settlement of the peninsula. Landa's observations speak of his intellectual curiosity about and of his respect for the First Peoples of Yucat n. For instance, he credits the vast architectural legacy, from the pyramids to the monumental ceremonial centers, to the Mayas' ancestors, and not other "nations." At the same time, Landa surmises that the Maya of centuries past were healthier, better fed, and enjoyed a more diverse diet compared to the Maya of his time. This has only recently been confirmed through the analysis of human remains dating back to the Classic Maya period. These intellectual insights, however, stand in sharp contrast with Landa's conviction that the devil visited Yucat n, which led him to establish an Inquisition, for which he was denounced and made to defend himself before the Council of the Indies in Spain. This episode remains arguably the darkest one in Yucat n's post-Hispanic history. These beliefs about the presence of the devil, however, as the Salem witch trials a century later demonstrate, were common throughout the world at the time. Now, for the first time, both a new English-language translation and Landa's original Spanish-language manuscript are published in the same volume, offering readers the opportunity to read the text in both English and Spanish. This is the timeless historical work that constitutes the foundation of our understanding of the ambivalence that characterizes the co-existence of the Maya and Spaniards in Yucat n, an ambivalence that in many ways continues to the present day., In an ambitious new translation of Diego de Landas Account of the Things of Yucatan (Relacion de las cosas de Yucatan), the editor revises and updates the language for the contemporary reader of English. In the process he captures the narrative power and intensity, the nuances and subtleties of meaning and the emotions of Landas history of Yucatan at the time of Spanish arrival, conquest, and settlement of the peninsula. Landas observations speak of his intellectual curiosity about and of his respect for the First Peoples of Yucatan. For instance, he credits the vast architectural legacy, from the pyramids to the monumental ceremonial centers, to the Mayas ancestors, and not other "nations." At the same time, Landa surmises that the Maya of centuries past were healthier, better fed, and enjoyed a more diverse diet compared to the Maya of his time. This has only recently been confirmed through the analysis of human remains dating back to the Classic Maya period. These intellectual insights, however, stand in sharp contrast with Landas conviction that the devil visited Yucatan, which led him to establish an Inquisition, for which he was denounced and made to defend himself before the Council of the Indies in Spain. This episode remains arguably the darkest one in Yucatans post-Hispanic history. These beliefs about the presence of the devil, however, as the Salem witch trials a century later demonstrate, were common throughout the world at the time. Now, for the first time, both a new English-language translation and Landas original Spanish-language manuscript are published in the same volume, offering readers the opportunity to read the text in both English and Spanish. This is the timeless historical work that constitutes the foundation of our understanding of the ambivalence that characterizes the co-existence of the Maya and Spaniards in Yucatan, an ambivalence that in many ways continues to the present day.
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