The Mexican Mission

@inproceedings{Crewe2019TheMM,
  title={The Mexican Mission},
  author={Ryan Dominic Crewe},
  year={2019}
}
between the illustrated Nahuatl lexicon of human anatomy and Sahagún’s lament for the loss of life and the fragmentation of the body politic in the midst of the 1576 plague. This book is an important contribution to Sahaguntine studies in its collection of insightful essays by established scholars, including revised versions of some now-classic scholarship. The relatively succinct chapters are well suited for university instruction, for both core curricula and specialized courses. It is a… 
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