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The Friar and the Maya
Matthew Restall
Amara Solari
John F. Chuchiak
Traci Ardren
其他書名
Diego de Landa and the Account of the Things of Yucatan
出版
University Press of Colorado
, 2023-12-22
主題
History / General
History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Language Arts & Disciplines / Translating & Interpreting
ISBN
1646424247
9781646424245
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=S8P3EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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The Friar and the Maya
offers a full study and new translation of the
Relación de las Cosas de Yucatán
(
Account of the Things of Yucatan
) by a unique set of eminent scholars, created by them over more than a decade from the original manuscript held by the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid. This critical and careful reading of the
Account
is long overdue in Maya studies and will forever change how this seminal text is understood and used.
For generations, scholars used (and misused) the
Account
as the sole eyewitness insight into an ancient civilization. It is credited to the sixteenth-century Spanish Franciscan, monastic inquisitor, and bishop Diego de Landa, whose legacy is complex and contested. His extensive writings on Maya culture and history were lost in the seventeenth century, save for the fragment that is the
Account
, discovered in the nineteenth century, and accorded near-biblical status in the twentieth as the first “ethnography” of the Maya. However, the
Account
is not authored by Landa alone; it is a compilation of excerpts, many from writings by other Spaniards—a significant revelation made here for the first time.
This new translation accurately reflects the style and vocabulary of the original manuscript. It is augmented by a monograph—comprising an introductory chapter, seven essays, and hundreds of notes—that describes, explains, and analyzes the life and times of Diego de Landa, the
Account
, and the role it has played in the development of modern Maya studies.
The Friar and the Maya
is an innovative presentation on an important and previously misunderstood primary source.