Treatise on the Heathen Superstitions That Today Live Among the Indians Native to This New Spain

The Treatise of Hernando Ruiz de Alarc n is one of the most important surviving documents of early colonial Mexico. It was written in 1629 as an aid to Roman Catholic churchmen in their efforts to root out the vestiges of pre-Columbian Aztec religious beliefs and practices. For the student of Aztec religion and culture it is a valuable source of i