{"product_id":"the-friar-and-the-maya-diego-de-landa-and-the-account-of-the-things-of-yucatan-9781646425044","title":"The Friar and the Maya: Diego de Landa and the Account of the Things of Yucatan","description":"\u003ci\u003eThe Friar and the Maya\u003c\/i\u003e offers a full study and new translation of the \u003ci\u003eRelaci?n de las Cosas de Yucat?n\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eAccount of the Things of Yucatan\u003c\/i\u003e) by a unique set of eminent scholars, created by them over more than a decade from the original manuscript held by the Real Academia de la Historia in Madrid. This critical and careful reading of the \u003ci\u003eAccount\u003c\/i\u003e is long overdue in Maya studies and will forever change how this seminal text is understood and used. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e For generations, scholars used (and misused) the \u003ci\u003eAccount\u003c\/i\u003e as the sole eyewitness insight into an ancient civilization. It is credited to the sixteenth-century Spanish Franciscan, monastic inquisitor, and bishop Diego de Landa, whose legacy is complex and contested. His extensive writings on Maya culture and history were lost in the seventeenth century, save for the fragment that is the \u003ci\u003eAccount\u003c\/i\u003e, discovered in the nineteenth century, and accorded near-biblical status in the twentieth as the first \"ethnography\" of the Maya. However, the \u003ci\u003eAccount\u003c\/i\u003e is not authored by Landa alone; it is a compilation of excerpts, many from writings by other Spaniards-a significant revelation made here for the first time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This new translation accurately reflects the style and vocabulary of the original manuscript. It is augmented by a monograph-comprising an introductory chapter, seven essays, and hundreds of notes-that describes, explains, and analyzes the life and times of Diego de Landa, the \u003ci\u003eAccount\u003c\/i\u003e, and the role it has played in the development of modern Maya studies. \u003ci\u003eThe Friar and the Maya\u003c\/i\u003e is an innovative presentation on an important and previously misunderstood primary source.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Restall\u003c\/b\u003e is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of History and Anthropology and director of Latin American Studies at the Pennsylvania State University. A past president of the American Society for Ethnohistory, he is former editor of \u003ci\u003eEthnohistory\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written some hundred articles and essays and two dozen books on Latin American history, including \u003ci\u003eWhen Montezuma Met Cortés\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReturn to Ixil.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmara Solari\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of art history and anthropology at the Pennsylvania State University. Her three monographs are \u003ci\u003eMaya-Christian Murals of Early Modern Yucatan\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eIdolizing Mary: Maya-Catholic Icons in Yucatán\u003c\/i\u003e; and\u003ci\u003e Maya Ideologies of the Sacred\u003c\/i\u003e. Her coauthored books include \u003ci\u003eThe Maya Apocalypse and Its Western Roots\u003c\/i\u003e. She is former editor of the \u003ci\u003eHispanic American Historical Review\u003c\/i\u003e, and her articles have appeared in various journals, including \u003ci\u003eThe Art Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEthnohistory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn F. Chuchiak IV\u003c\/b\u003e is Distinguished Professor of Colonial Latin American History, the Rich and Doris Young Honors College Endowed Professor, dean and director of the Honors College and Global Studies Program, and the director of the Latin American, Caribbean, and Hispanic Studies Program at Missouri State University. His numerous articles, essays, and books include \u003ci\u003eEl castigo y la reprensión\u003c\/i\u003e (on the extirpation of idolatry in Yucatan) and \u003ci\u003eThe Inquisition in New Spain, 1536-1820\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTraci Ardren\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of anthropology at the University of Miami. She has conducted archaeological research at the ancient Maya city of Yaxuna and other cities of Yucatan for over thirty years. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eEveryday Life in the Classic Maya World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSocial Identities in the Classic Maya Northern Lowlands\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Social Experience of Childhood in Ancient Mesoamerica\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Maya World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University Press of Colorado","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50535383138578,"sku":"9781646425044","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_81f3d4de-9a23-4c02-a7e3-23cf1fcccd43.jpg?v=1731433625","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-friar-and-the-maya-diego-de-landa-and-the-account-of-the-things-of-yucatan-9781646425044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}