Codex Mendoza (1541)

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Codex Mendoza (1541)

What are the big ideas?

Roles of women and men within Aztec society

Aztec Education

Aztec Birth and funeral rituals

The honors and tributes paid by the conquered, Textiles, foodstuffs, shields etc

The expansion of the early Aztec Empire

The forming of major city-states like Tenochtitlan, Texcoco and Tacloban

Who wrote it? Why?

It was commissioned by the first viceroy of new Spain to explain the recently colonized region's history to the king of Spain.

Indigenous Mexican scribes and Spanish interpreters

Whose perspectives are omitted/ challenged?

The perspectives of other indigenous civilizations within Mexico

Which questions can this answer?

How did the Aztec empire manage its city-states?

How did Aztec Education work?

What did Aztec warriors wear?

What were the funeral customs for the Aztecs?

How was daily life for the average Aztec citizen?

How did the Aztec empire manage to expand and grow?

SOURCES: https://www.curationist.org/editorial-features/article/codex-mendoza-and-mexican-history

Whose perspective does it reflect?

The Aztec civilization's

The indigenous peoples of Mexico both before and after colonization

What does it look like?

Pages of writing with a cursive like font

Very brightly coloured

Contains detailed and stylized illustrations of different aspects of Aztec culture

It is in manuscript format

What ideas are left out?

The history of other indigenous Mexican civilizations

Aztec medicine

How does the author communicate ideas?

and through detailed illustrations of events and daily life

Through writing