Aztec view of history

title: “Aztec View of History” layout: note date: 02-08-2022 permalink: /aztec-history —

Aztec history was not a single, edited view of history but was instead a multiplicity. It contained different perspectives and stories of the same events, often looping back over itself to show a panoply of views.

European conquerers overwrote these dense stories with a single, monolythic narrative.

• I learnt this from How Aztecs told history by Camilla Townsend, a fascinating article on Aeon.