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The Reformation · c. 1574–1581
The History of the Indies of New Spain
Diego Durán · c. 1537–1588
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What it is
Aztec history and religion recorded from native accounts and painted books by a friar raised in Mexico who spoke Nahuatl from childhood.
Why it lasted
A major source for pre-conquest Mexico, and unusual for its author's evident divided loyalty toward the culture he was helping to dismantle.
Where to read it
Public domain and free to read in full, though not held here. The archives below have it.
These open a search on each archive rather than a direct link, which is the honest way to point at an edition nobody here has checked line by line.
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