MJ+Aztec+APPART

A- Friar Bernadino de Sabagun. Astec people were giving accounts of their culture so that he may translate. P- 1529 in Mexico P- Cortes conquered the Aztecs in 1519. Cortes was sent by Spanish King. Cortes was seen as a god by Monteczuma, ruler of the Aztecs. Friar Bernadino was able to speak Nahuatl, language of the Aztecs. A- No specified audience was given. This doesn’t make a huge impact on the reliability. R- Took time for the Friar to understand the language. He then was able to get accounts from Aztec survivors that were primary sources. T- Monteczuma was so overwhelmed with this prophecy that Cortes was a god that he failed to see the warning signs from his own people. S- Detailed account from the Aztec point of view of when the Spanish arrived.