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The Daily Life of THE AZTECS
ON THE EVE OF THE SPANISH CONQUEST
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
THE CITY
ORIGIN AND SITUATION
EXTENT AND POPULATION
GENERAL APPEARANCE; ROADS AND TRAFFIC
PUBLIC BUILDINGS, SQUARES AND MARKET-PLACES
THE PROBLEMS OF A GREAT CITY
TENOCHTITLAN AS A YOUNG CAPITAL
CHAPTER TWO
SOCIETY AND THE STATE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY
THE RULING CLASS
A RISING CLASS: THE TRADERS
THE CRAFTSMEN
THE COMMON PEOPLE
THE SLAVES
WEALTH AND POVERTY: THE STANDARDS OF LIVING
THE SOVEREIGN, THE GREAT DIGNITARIES, THE COUNCIL
CHAPTER THREE
THE WORLD, MAN AND TIME1
A SHIFTING, THREATENED WORLD
HEAVEN AND EARTH
DEATH AND REBIRTH
DESTINIES AND SIGNS
AN IMPERIAL RELIGION
CHATER FOUR
A MEXICAN'S DAY
THE HOUSE, FURNITURE AND GARDENS
GETTING UP, WASHING AND DRESSING, CLOTHES
BUSINESS, WORK, CEREMONIES
MEALS
GAMES AND AMUSEMENTS
THE RHYTHM OF DAY AND NIGHT
CHAPTER FIVE
FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
BAPTISM
CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH, EDUCATION
MARRIAGE, FAMILY LIFE
SICKNESS AND OLD AGE
DEATH AND THE HEREAFTER
CHAPTER SIX
WAR
CHAPTER SEVEN
CIVILISED LIFE
BARBARISM AND CIVILISATION
SELF-CONTROL; GOOD BREEDING; SOCIAL ORDER
THE ARTS AS A SETTING FOR LIFE
THE ARTS OF LANGUAGE, MUSIC AND DANCING
APPENDIX ONE
THE PRONUNCIATION OF AZTEC WORDS
APPENDIX TWO
THE EIGHTEEN MONTHS AND THE RITES
NOTES
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
THE CITY
CHAPTER THREE
CHAPTER FOUR
CHAPTER FIVE
CHAPTER SIX
CHAPTER SEVEN
MAPS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
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