Annals of His Time
Don Domingo De San Anton Munon Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuanitzin
Published on 6. January 2006
Book
Hardback
340 pages
978-0-8047-5454-5 (ISBN)
Description
Among the native-language documents written by the Nahuas of central Mexico after Spanish contact, the annals genre gave them the freest rein in expressing themselves. The premier practitioner of the Nahuatl annals form was a writer of the early seventeenth century now known as Chimalpahin. Until recently, attention went primarily to his writings about precontact events.
Now Chimalpahin's equally important writings about his own time have begun to come to the fore; the present volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. The great immediate value of the material is that it shows the Mexico City of the author's time, both Spanish and indigenous, as a cultured Nahua viewed it, and reveals the Nahuatl social and cultural vocabulary of that era. Among entries reporting run-of-the-mill events, the annals contain much color and humanity.
The edition features a faithful transcription and a very readable translation. The apparatus includes telling new analysis of both language and content.
Now Chimalpahin's equally important writings about his own time have begun to come to the fore; the present volume is the first English edition of Chimalpahin's largest work, written during the first two decades of the seventeenth century. The great immediate value of the material is that it shows the Mexico City of the author's time, both Spanish and indigenous, as a cultured Nahua viewed it, and reveals the Nahuatl social and cultural vocabulary of that era. Among entries reporting run-of-the-mill events, the annals contain much color and humanity.
The edition features a faithful transcription and a very readable translation. The apparatus includes telling new analysis of both language and content.
Reviews / Votes
"Lockhart, Schroeder, and Namala offer a comprehensive overview of the cultural production of the colonial period, the importance of the annals genre, and how annals have been interpreted by scholars in recent times. The detailed historical annals by Chimalpahin in particular, transcribed and translated into English by the editors, constitute a valuable ethnohistorical source that is essential for a deeper understanding of the pressures and demands indigenous societies faced . . . The high standards of Lockhart, Schroeder, and Namala's edition have surpassed the demanding requirements of a reference tool such that it constitutes a model of scholarship for future research on the study of Nahuatl social and cultural vocabulary."-Raul Marrero-Fente, Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies "Lockhart, Schroeder, and Namala offer a transcription and a nearly flawless and very enjoyable translation of one of the most important native-authored documents from colonial Mesoamerica."-Journal of Anthropological ResearchMore details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth
Illustrations
2 figures, 1 map
Dimensions
Height: 261 mm
Width: 181 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
771 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-5454-5 (9780804754545)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
James Lockhart is Professor Emeritus of History at UCLA. He is the author of The Nahuas After the Conquest (Stanford University Press, 1992) and much else in Nahuatl studies.
Susan Schroeder is France Vinton Scholes Professor of Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University. She is the author of Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco (1991), and has edited other works of Chimalpahin.
Doris Namala is Lecturer at Loyola Marymount University and author of the dissertation "Chimalpahin in His Time," now being developed into a book.
Susan Schroeder is France Vinton Scholes Professor of Colonial Latin American History at Tulane University. She is the author of Chimalpahin and the Kingdoms of Chalco (1991), and has edited other works of Chimalpahin.
Doris Namala is Lecturer at Loyola Marymount University and author of the dissertation "Chimalpahin in His Time," now being developed into a book.
Content
Contents Illustrations Figure 1. First page of the Paris manuscript vii Figure 2. Annals entry for the beginning of the year 5 Rabbit, 1614 viii Map Mexico City in Chimalpahin's Time ix Introduction 3 Annals of His Time 3 The Manuscript and its History 10 Some Aspects of the Edition 14 Acknowledgments 22 Annals of His Time, transcription and translation 25 1577-1590 26-35 1591 35 1592 36 1593 40 1594 46 1595 52 1596 54 1597 58 1598 62 1599 64 1600 66 1601 70 1602 74 1603 76 1604 78 1605 84 1606 88 1607 94 1608 (with parts from 1609) 106 1609 154 1610 160 1611 172 1612 194 1613 232 1614 270 1615 294 Some major blocks of text: Flood of 1604 78-85 Flooding and excavation, 1607 96-107 World, Mexica, and Spanish Mexican history 114-55 Arrival of the Japanese, 1610 170-73 Eclipse, 1611 176-85 Earthquake, 1611 186-93 Fray Geronimo de Z rate, 1612 194-201 Funeral of Archbishop Guerra, 1612 200-11 Suspected rebellion of blacks, 1612 214-25 Two female opponents of crosses, 1613 250-57 The vicinity of San Antonio Abad, 1613 256-59 A new archbishop, 1613 260-65 The pallium, 1613 266-69 More Japanese affairs, 1614 272-77 The order of San Antonio, 1614 278-83 More on the order of San Antonio, 1614 290-93 Glossary 308 Bibliography 311 Index 314