The cost of courage in Aztec Society -- 'Fierce and unnatural cruelty': Cortés and the conquest of Mexico -- Disciplining the Indians: Franciscan ideology and missionary violence in sixteenth-century ...

Flipping the pages of history, the name of Pierre Clement Laussat (1756-1835) holds an important place as the French diplomat representing France in the Dec. 20, 1803, transfer of Louisiana to the ...

It united warfare and agriculture under one roof. Military campaigns were justified as offerings to him, ensuring the sun would rise again and Aztec society would thrive. Festivals such as the Tōxcatl ...

10. Ehecatl: The Aztec God of Wind and Air Ehecatl (eh·heh·kah·tul), whose name simply means “wind” in Nahuatl (the Aztec language), was revered as the essential breath of life. As the Aztecwind god ...