Visões sobre a conquista de México: os relatos de Bernardino de Sahagún e seus auxiliares indígenas

Abstract

The Florentine Codex was written during the colonial period by Franciscan Bernardino of Sahagún, aided by native Mexicans from the College of Santa Cruz Tlatelolco, Mexico. Written in two columns of text, the first in Spanish and the other in Nahuatl, the Florentine Codex still contains imagery by native Mexicans from Tlacuilos. The Codex is divided in twelve books, with content ranging from the beginning of the native Mexican world until the conquest of México-Tenochtitlán. When analyzing the last book of the Codex, which tells the conquest of México-Tenochtitlán, we realize that there are many discrepancies between the nahuatl narratives and castilian. The two columns, as well as the images, form three distinct narratives about the conquest. These narratives form a blend of indigenous and European traditions.