Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 AZTECS i Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 ii Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 A Z T E C S AN INTERPRETATION INGA CLENDINNEN iii Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 UniversityPrintingHouse,Cambridgecb28bs,UnitedKingdom CambridgeUniversityPressispartoftheUniversityofCambridge. ItfurtherstheUniversity’smissionbydisseminatingknowledgeinthe pursuitofeducation,learningandresearchatthehighestinternationallevels ofexcellence. www.cambridge.org Informationonthistitle:www.cambridge.org/9781107693562 (cid:2)C CambridgeUniversityPress1991,2014 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexception andtotheprovisionsofrelevantcollectivelicensingagreements, noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplacewithoutthewritten permissionofCambridgeUniversityPress. Firstpublished1991 Reprinted1991,1992 Firstpaperbackedition1993 Reprinted1993 Cantoedition1995 10thprinting2008 CantoClassicsedition2014 PrintedintheUnitedKingdombyCPIGroupLtd,Croydoncr04yy AcataloguerecordforthispublicationisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary isbn978-1-107-69356-2Paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceor accuracyofurlsforexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtoin thispublication,anddoesnotguaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis, orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. iv Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 TO PROFESSOR MAX CRAWFORD AND TO JOHN v Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 vi Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 CONTENTS Listofillustrations pageix Acknowledgements xi Acknowledgementsforliterarymaterial andillustrations xiii Noteonnahuatl xvii Introduction 1 Part I. The City 1 Tenochtitlan:ThePublicImage 19 2 LocalPerspectives 63 Part II. Roles 3 Victims 121 4 Warriors,PriestsandMerchants 156 5 TheMasculineSelfDiscovered 200 6 Wives 216 7 Mothers 246 8 TheFemaleBeingRevealed 292 Part III. The Sacred 9 Aesthetics 301 10 Ritual:TheWorldTransformed,theWorld Revealed 333 vii Trim:216mm×138mm Top:10.017mm Gutter:21.089mm CUUK2591-FM CUUK2591-AR/Clendinnen ISBN:9781107693562 May13,2014 15:14 Contents Part IV. The City Destroyed 11 Defeat 375 Epilogue 385 AQuestionofSources 387 MonthlyCeremoniesoftheSeasonal(solar)Calendar: XIUITL 411 TheMexicaPantheon 415 Notes 419 SelectBibliography 511 Index 545 viii