Life and Labor in Ancient Mexico: The Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain.

by Alonso De, Zurita and Alonso de Zorita

The "Brief and Summary Relation of the Lords of New Spain" is one of the major contemporary accounts of the economic, political, and social impact of the conquest of Aztec Mexico. Written by Alonso de Zorita, a Spanish judge of high integrity and many years' experience in colonial administration, it provides a detailed description of Aztec life before and after the Conquest. Based on Zorita's stay in Mexico from 1556 to 1566, it reflects the anguish...

• Format: Textbook Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813504422
• ISBN13: 9780813504421
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press, 1971
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.