An emperor's heraldry, a pope's portrait and the "Cortés map of Tenochtitlan": the "Praeclara Ferdinadi Cortesii" as an evangelical announcement

This essay considers four woodcut images included in the Praeclara Ferdinadi Cortesii in order to position the Nuremberg codex as an announcement to Europe of the Spanish monarchy’s evangelical ideology regarding the New World. The images enabled the codex to herald the transformation of New Spain f...

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Main Author: Steinhilper, Diantha (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Sixteenth Century Journal Publ. [2016]
In: The sixteenth century journal
Year: 2016, Volume: 47, Issue: 2, Pages: 371-399
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBH Iberian Peninsula
KBR Latin America
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Indigenous peoples of Mexico Religion History
B D'Anghiera, Peter Martyr
B Mappae mundi
B Spain Foreign public opinion, European
B Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547
B Mexico Description & travel Early works to 1800
B Praeclara Ferdinadi Cortesii (Book)
B Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500-1558
Parallel Edition:Electronic