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Moctezuma's Children: Aztec Royalty under Spanish Rule, 1520–1700 9780292796959

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Moctezuma’s Aztec Royalty under Children Spanish Rule, 1520–1700 Donald E. Chipman

University of Texas Press,Austin

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Copyright © 2005 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2005 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to Permissions, University of Texas Press, P.O. Box 7819, Austin,TX 78713-7819. The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ANSI/NISO z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper).

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Chipman, Donald E. Moctezuma’s children : Aztec royalty under Spanish rule, 1520–1700 / by Donald E. Chipman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 0-292-70628-6 (cl. : alk. paper) 1

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The day after Tlatoani Ahuitzotl‘s ashes were interred, a council was formed to select the next ruler. There were many choices. After some discussion all the lords there selected unanimously Moctezuma, son of Tlatoani Axayacatzin, nephew of tlatoque Tizoc and Ahuitzotl. Beyond his deep royal lineage, Moctezuma was also a noted military leader and religiously devout man. He was a natural choice.

During a coronation ceremony, retold in detail by Duran, the new king vowed to care for the people of Tenochtitlan, including the old, the young, the gods and warriors. How accurate Duran’s writings are is not clear but the scene he sets is powerful.

According to Duran one of Moctezuma’s first moves was to replace most of the heads of state his uncle Ahuitzotl had appointed across the empire. He contended many were commoners and it was unbecoming of the empire to not have nobles in place. Traditional views about the role of nobility would be a hallmark of his rule, possibly making him a sort of Aztec Conservative with religion and tradition being central to his core

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Itzcoatl

Itzcoatl (náhuatl clásico: Itzcōhuātl; lit. "Serpe de obsidiana"), nado no 1380 e finado no 1440, foi o cuarto rei de Tenochtitlán e fundador do imperio azteca, que gobernou entre 1427 e 1440. Baixo o seu liderado, o pobo mexica de Tenochtitlán desfíxose do dominio dos tepanecas, establecendo a Tripla Alianza Azteca xunto coas cidades-estado de Texcoco e Tlacopan.

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Itzcoatl era fillo do tlatoaniAcamapichtli e dunha muller tepaneca de Azcapotzalco, de nome descoñecido. Foi elixido rei ao ser asasinado o seu predecesor, o seu sobriño Chimalpopoca, a mans do tepaneca Maxtla, do altepetl de Azcapotzalco. Itzcoal logrou derrotar a Maxtla e rematar co dominio tepaneca sobre o centro de México grazas á súa alianza con Nezahualcóyotl de Texcoco. Tras a súa vitoria, Itzcoatl, Nezahualcóyotl e mais Totoquilhuaztli, rei de Tlacopan, fundaron a chamada Tripla Alianza Azteca, que constituíu a base do futuro imperio azteca.

Posteriormente, dirixiu a súa atención cara a orela sur dos lagos Xochimilco e Chalco. As fontes de auga doce