HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Moctezuma Ii, Huitzilopochtli, Sluice
Document Summary
Came close with center of aztec civ: capital at tenochtitlan. Worshiped feather serpent god quetzalcoatl and sun god huitzilopochtli. Control of s. america by spanish facilitated by disease: small pox, typhus, influenza, reduced aztec pop. Of peru went from 10 mil to 1. 5 mil: spaniards moved incan pop. Into towns and seized land left for cattle encomienda"s and haciendas: mita became repartimeiendo adult male native american had to devote a set number of days of labor per year to spanish economic enterprises. Peruvians adapted to christianity by creating hybrids: expected new religion superimposed on own, no organized program of conversation until franciscan missionaries arrived, 1562 franciscans led by diego de landa calderon staged public burning of. 5000+ idols and other rituals: de landa sent back to spain for trial claimed he discovered evidence of human sacrifice. Native american voices: guaman poma de aypla wrote, first new chronicle, good government. Viii: was a hispanicized christianized peruvian indian.
