Table of Contents

Foreword
1. The People of the Sun
2. The Aztec World View
3. Europe Discovers the Aztecs
4. The Aztecs and the Great Debate: I
5. The Aztecs and the Great Debate: II
6. The Aztecs in Late Renaissance Thought
7. The Baroque Vision of the Aztecs
8. The Eyes of Reason: I
9. The Eyes of Reason: II
10. The Aztecs Transfigured: I
11. The Aztecs Transfigured: II
12. Montezuma's Dinner
13. Farewell to Fantasy: From Orozco y Berra to Seler
14. The Return of Cuauhtemoc
15. The Plumed Serpent
Notes
Index

About the Author

BENJAMIN KEEN is Professor Emeritus of Latin American history at Northern Illinois University. He is the author of David Curtis De Forest and the Revolution of Buenos Aires among other books.