Bernardino de Sahagún

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Bernardino de Sahagún was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and pioneering ethnographer of New Spain, best known for his extensive documentation of Aztec culture, language, and history.

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instanceOf Catholic priest
Franciscan friar
ethnographer
human
linguist
missionary
activeInCentury 16th century
alsoKnownAs Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
authorOf Florentine Codex
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España
birthDate 1499
birthName Bernardo de Rivera
birthPlace Sahagún, León, Crown of Castile
citizenship Crown of Castile
countryOfActivity New Spain
deathDate 1590
deathPlace Mexico City, New Spain
linked to: Mexico City
educatedAt University of Salamanca
fieldOfWork anthropology of Mesoamerica
ethnography
history of New Spain
linguistics
influenced Mesoamerican ethnohistory
modern anthropology
knownFor Florentine Codex
documentation of Aztec culture
documentation of Aztec history
documentation of Nahuatl language
pioneering ethnography of New Spain
languageOfWorkOrName Nahuatl
Spanish
memberOf Franciscan Order
Order of Friars Minor
name Bernardino de Sahagún
occupation ethnographer
friar
missionary
teacher
religion Roman Catholicism
studied Aztec medicine
Aztec mythology
Aztec religion
Aztec society
linked to: Aztec culture
taught indigenous Nahua students
usedMethod parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts
systematic interviews with indigenous informants
workedAt College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco

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Florentine Codex author Bernardino de Sahagún
Florentine Codex compiler Bernardino de Sahagún
massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan historicalSource Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
linked to: Bernardino de Sahagún
Classical Nahuatl documentedBy Bernardino de Sahagún
Tlacaxipehualiztli documentedBy Bernardino de Sahagún
Tonantzin mentionedBy Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
linked to: Bernardino de Sahagún
Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco associatedWith Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún name Bernardino de Sahagún
Bernardino de Sahagún alsoKnownAs Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
linked to: Bernardino de Sahagún
Book I: The Gods hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún
Book I: The Gods compiledUnderDirectionOf Bernardino de Sahagún
Book II: The Ceremonies associatedWith Bernardino de Sahagún
Book III: The Origin of the Gods hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún
Book III: The Origin of the Gods compiledBy Bernardino de Sahagún
Book IV: The Soothsayers hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún
Book VI: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún
Book VIII: Kings and Lords hasAuthor Bernardino de Sahagún
Book VIII: Kings and Lords compiledBy Bernardino de Sahagún
Book IX: The Merchants compiledBy Bernardino de Sahagún
Book X: The People associatedWith Bernardino de Sahagún
Book XI: Earthly Things compiler Bernardino de Sahagún
Book XII: The Conquest of Mexico associatedWith Bernardino de Sahagún
murder of Coatlicue recordedBy Bernardino de Sahagún
Codex Florentine compiler Bernardino de Sahagún
Codex Florentine author Bernardino de Sahagún
Sahagún familyName de Sahagún
linked to: Bernardino de Sahagún
Sahagún fullName Bernardino de Sahagún