HIS-1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Indigenous Peoples Of Mexico, Highbeam Research, Longboat
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Introduction: la malinche, also known as malintzin (her original name, was a mexican native american princess, born sometime around 1501 as malinal, the daughter of an aztec cacique (chief) Gave her an extensive education: in her youth, her father died, mother sold her into slavery, mother then staged a funeral to explain her daughter"s sudden disappearance, eventually sold as tribute to a cacique in tabasco i. Change in ownership forced her to learn several languages (i. e. maya-yucateca: befriended jer nimo de aguilar, colonist and translator whose boat (with passengers) shipwrecked off the coast of jamaica [ encyclopedia of latin american history and culture , D. some see her as heroine, others as traitor in mexican history. How spanish of the time felt about la. Malinche: how spanish of the time saw la malinche i. spanish gave her name do a marina , considered a respectful name.
