Footnoting History
  • Home
  • Listen
  • About
  • Calendar
  • Archive
  • Teach
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Contact
  • Home
  • Listen
  • About
  • Calendar
  • Archive
  • Teach
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Contact
Search
Picture

Maya, Spain, and the Historical Record

8/8/2020

0 Comments

 
Apple   | Audible |  Spotify  |  RSS  |  YouTube (captioned)
​
Picture
In 1562, Spaniard Diego de Landa destroyed 5000 documents recording 800 years of Mayan religion, culture, and history. The Spanish claimed to be fighting black magic and only 4 pages survived their destruction. In this episode, Lesley tells the story of the burning and the consequence of these actions.

Podcaster: Lesley
Picture
Further Reading

Michael Coe, Breaking the Maya Code, Thames & Hudson, (1992).
​​
Diego de Landa, Yucatan before and after the Conquest, Dover, (2012).

​David E Timmer, Providence and Perdition: Fray Diego de Landa Justifies his Inquisition against the Yucatecan Maya. Cambridge University Press. (2009).

Gabrielle Vail, "The Maya Codices. The Annual Review of Anthropology. 35: 497-519.  

Music: "Evening Melodrama" by Kevin Macleod (www.incompetech.com)
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

Site Map

Home
Listen​
Calendar
Archive

​About
​Contact
Shop
Media Kit
 © 2013-2023 Footnoting History.  All rights reserved.
Footnoting History and the Footnoting History logo
are trademarks of Footnoting History, NY.

Footnoting History operates under a SAG-AFTRA New Media Agreement.
Logo design by Alica Desantis (https://adisantis.com/).
  • Home
  • Listen
  • About
  • Calendar
  • Archive
  • Teach
  • Donate
  • Shop
  • Contact