Native Wills from the Colonial Americas: Dead Giveaways in a New World

by Mark Christensen (Editor), JonathanTruitt (Editor)

• New

  Illustrated
  2015

  $62.10

  Showcases new testamentary sources from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. It provides readers with translations and analyses of wills written in Spanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya, K'iche' Maya, Mixtec, and Wampanoag. Divided into three thematic sections, the book provides insights and details that further our understanding of indigenous life in the Americas under colonial rule.