Libros de Pueblos indígenas de México (1 libros)

Copy made in 1852 by Mariano Macedo of parts of Muñoz Camargo's history of Tlaxcala, from the ms. owned at that time by Joaquín García Icazbalceta. Book I recounts the early history of Tlaxcala of the 11th and 12th centuries; the establishment of the centers at Tepectícpac, Ocotelulco, Tizatlán, and Quiahuiztlán; and the ongoing wars with the Aztecs, especially under Moctezuma Ilhuicamina. Muñoz Camargo also describes important Tlaxcalan heroes such as the great warrior Tlahuicole and the rulers, Xicoténcatl, father and son. There are chapters on the culture and social customs of the...