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 ⓘ