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Munro S. Edmonson

The Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

Klappentext Refers to the Mayan custom of first predicting their history and then living it. "The Book of Chilam Balam" was a sacred text prepared by generations of Mayan priests to record the past and to predict the future. This title offers a literal but poetic translation of one of fourteen known manuscripts in Yucatecan Maya on ritual and history. Zusammenfassung Refers to the Mayan custom of first predicting their history and then living it. "The Book of Chilam Balam" was a sacred text prepared by generations of Mayan priests to record the past and to predict the future. This title offers a literal but poetic translation of one of fourteen known manuscripts in Yucatecan Maya on ritual and history.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Seventh Century
- 8 Ahau
  - 1. The First Chronicle
- The Fifteenth Century
  - 8 Ahau
    - 2. The Fall of Mayapan
    - 3. The Conspiracy Collapses
  - 6 Ahau
    - 4. Uxmal and Chichen Itza
  - 4 Ahau
    - 5. Trials of the Itza
    - 6. Hopes of the Xiu
  - The Sixteenth Century
    - 2 Ahau
      - 7. A Note from Tihosuco
    - 13 Ahau
      - 8. A Time of Troubles
      - 9. The Council of Mayapan
      - 10. The End of the Era
    - 11 Ahau
      - 11. Divided Rule
      - 12. The Flower Katun of the Xiu
      - 13. The Mayapan Calendar of the Itza
      - 14. The Death of the Gods
    - 9 Ahau
      - 15. A Plea for Unity
      - 16. Civil War
      - 17. The Inquisition
    - 7 Ahau
      - 18. Demoralization
      - 19. The Council of Merida
    - The Seventeenth Century
      - 5 Ahau
        20. Merida under the Dons
        21. Zotz’il
        22. The Annals of Bacalar
      - 3 Ahau
        23. Merida under the Gallows
        24. Days of the Year
        25. The Seven-Day Week
        26. Zuyua
      - 1 Ahau
        27. The Last Jaguar of Merida
        28. The Surrender of Merida
        29. A Word from Mani
      - 12 Ahau
        30. Valladolid Fights On
        31. Class War
      - 10 Ahau
        32. Christian Victory
        33. Christian Defeat
      - The Eighteenth Century
        8 Ahau
        34. The Final Battle for Mayapan
        6 Ahau
        35. Chic Kalac Rebels
        36. Early History
        4 Ahau
        37. The War Is Over
        38. End of the Long Count
        2 Ahau
        39. The Valladolid Calendar
        The Nineteenth Century
        13 Ahau
        40. The Burners
        41. The Word of Itzam Na
        11 Ahau
        42. Antonio Martinez
        Appendix: The Mayan Calendar
        Bibliography
        Index

Product details

Authors	Munro S. Edmonson
Assisted by	Munro S. Edmonson (Translation)
Publisher	External catalogues UK

Languages	English
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	17.11.2009

EAN	9780292721067
ISBN	978-0-292-72106-7
Series	Texas Pan American University of Texas Press Texas Pan American Series Texas Pan American
Subjects	Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity

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