Aztec Codices: What They Tell Us about Daily Life

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From the migration of the Aztecs to the rise of the empire and its eventual demise, this book covers Aztec history in full, analyzing conceptions of time, religion, and more through codices to offer an inside look at daily life. This book focuses on two main areas: Aztec history and Aztec culture. Early chapters deal with Aztec historythe first providing a visual record of the story of the Aztec migration and search for their destined homeland of Tenochtitlan, and the second exploring how the Aztecs built their empire. Later chapters explain life in the Aztec world, focusing on Aztec conceptions of time and religion, the Aztec economy, the life cycle, and daily life. The book ends with an account of the fall of the empire, as illustrated by Aztec artists. With sections concerning a wide variety of topicsfrom the Aztec pantheon to war, agriculture, childhood, marriage, diet, justice, the arts, and sports, among many othersreaders will gain an expansive understanding of life in the Aztec world.

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Lori Boornazian Diel, PhD, is professor of art history at Texas Christian University.