Inga Clendinnen creates a vivid and dramatic picture of life in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, once the nerve centre of the Aztec tribute empire. She explores the worlds of Aztec women, of priests and of warriors, in an extraordinary recreation of everyday life in the city. Contrasting the beauty and sophistication of Aztec culture with the savagery of human sacrifice, she attempts to explain the philosophy, rituals, and social structures that underpinned this remarkable empire.
- ISBN10 1322066418
- ISBN13 9781322066417
- Publish Date 1 January 2014 (first published 30 August 1991)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cambridge University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 606
- Language English