Translating the Nahuas: Fray Bernardino de Sahagún’s Parallel Texts in the Construction of Historia universal de las cosas de Nueva España

Victoria Rios Castano

doi:10.1111/j.1470-9856.2010.00481.x

Translating the Nahuas: Fray Bernardino de Sahagún’s Parallel Texts in the Construction of Historia universal de las cosas de Nueva España

Victoria Rios Castano

School of Humanities

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Abstract

The Franciscan missionary, Fray Bernardino de Sahagún (1499–1590), arrived in Mexico‐Tenochtitlan in 1529 to engage in the zealous indoctrination of the Nahuas or Aztecs. Yet, unlike the majority of his fellow missionaries, he spent over 50 of his 60 years of evangelical mission in three further proselytising‐related objectives: firstly, the education of an élite of Nahua neophytes, aimed at governing and controlling a new Christianised indigenous society; secondly, the composition of doctrinal works in their language, Nahuatl, crucial for efficient indoctrination and orthodox celebration of Catholic rituals; and thirdly, an investigation of the Nahuas' culture designed to document religious practices the Spaniards considered idolatrous, with the specific aim of providing means for their eradication.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	28-37
Number of pages	10
Journal	Bulletin of Latin American Research
Volume	30
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1470-9856.2010.00481.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2011

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Negotiating Difference in the Hispanic World: From Conquest to Colonisation, edited by Eleni Kefala

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