Cuitláhuac: señor de la casa de los dardos

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Esta magnífica obra trata del amor que sentía el gran cacique Guarionex por la hermosa taina Loarina. Pero este gran amor no era correspondido, pues Loarina amaba a su vez al soldado español Cristobal de Sotomayor. Al sentirse rechazado, Guarionex reta a un duelo a muerte a Sotomayor, que termina con graves consecuencias para ambos...

James Lockhart hace un recorrido a partir de 1545 hasta 1770 para descifrar usos y costumbres, organizacion politica y social, rasgos culturales como la escritura, las ciencias y las artes, asi como la vida religiosa de los nahuas, para situarlos como una de las culturas mas ricas en cuanto a presencia historica y simbologia etnica, todo lo cual le confiere el rango de protagonista audaz del encuentro de dos mundos.