Tepaneca Pride and Conflict in the First Hundred Years After the Conquest

Peter Bjorndahl Sorensen*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In 1551, the Azcapotzalcan don Francisco Plácido sang about a fifteenth-century Azcapotzalcan ruler. In 1561, Plácido helped petition the Spanish Emperor to intervene in a conflict between Spaniards and Azcapotzalcans. In both situations Plácido argued that Azcapotzalco had ancient roots in the area and that the Tepaneca had founded everything that the Mexica (Aztecs) eventually stole from them. In 1588, the Tepaneca population of Azcapotzalco accused Plácido of abuse to the Spanish Crown. Plácido responded to the charge, writing back that several Tepaneca laborers needed to be severely punished for being disobedient.

Two out of these three historical moments contain the voice of a minor noble, Plácido, while the fourth is an accusation against him. Together, they show how the ruptures caused by the Spanish conquest began to fray at the ethnic unity and historical memory of the Tepaneca people in the face of colonial and imperial frameworks of justice.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 2024
EventAmerican Society for Ethnohistory Annual Conference 2024 - Fargo, United States
Duration: 18 Sept 202421 Sept 2024
https://www.ndsu.edu/conferences/ethnohistory_conference/

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ConferenceAmerican Society for Ethnohistory Annual Conference 2024
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityFargo
Period18/09/2421/09/24
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