Missionary Methodology and the Making of Aztec Human Sacrifice: Decolonizing a Concept

Images and texts in Spanish colonial manuscripts tell us that the Aztecs sacrificed humans. Among these sources, none has received a more iconic documentary status than the Franciscan missionary Bernardino de Sahagún’s tlamictiliztli account. This combines graphic depiction with text in Spanish and...

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Main Author: Jacobsen, Casper (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2024
In: Method & theory in the study of religion
Year: 2024, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 132-167
Further subjects:B Aztecs
B Human Sacrifice
B History of religion
B Colonialism
B Bernardino de Sahagún
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