Caroline Dodds Pennock
Biographic Data
| ID | 473724 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Caroline Dodds Pennock |
| GIVEN NAMES | Caroline Dodds |
| FAMILY NAME | Pennock |
| SIGNATURE | PENNOCK C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7237-4675 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A warlike culture? Religion and war in the Aztec world
The Aztec-Mexica people of Tenochtitlan were, by their own definition, a 'warlike' culture, their collective identity closely tied to military ideals and behaviours. The values of war were dramatized and re-enacted at every level of society, and their shared warrior identity was widely understood by both men and women. This was also a culture in which religion and the supernatural were so deeply embedded in belief and behaviour that it is almost …
The Cambridge World History of Violence
In the period from 1500 to 1800 the problem of violence necessitated asking fundamental questions and formulating answers about the most basic forms of human organisation and interactions. Violence spoke to critical issues such as the problem of civility in society, the nature of political sovereignty and the power of the state, the legitimacy of conquest and subjugation, the possibilities of popular resistance, and the manifestations of ethnic a…
Cambridge World History of Violence
Aztecs Abroad? Uncovering the Early Indigenous Atlantic
Indigenous people are often seen as static recipients of transatlantic encounter, influencing the Atlantic world only in their parochial interactions with Europeans, but the reality is that thousands of Native Americans crossed the ocean during the sixteenth century, many unwillingly, but some by choice. As diplomats, entertainers, traders, travelers, and, sadly, most often when enslaved, Indigenous people operated consciously within structures t…
Women of Discord: Female Power in Aztec Thought
This article addresses the perennial debate over the origins and nature of female power by examining the significance of ‘Women of Discord’ in Aztec (more properly, Mexica) culture. Influential, but often troublesome, these formidable figures embody the complex significance of female power, rooted in women's privileged access to the awesome earth forces through childbirth. This chaotic energy lent cosmological and dynastic significance to the myt…
Globalizing Cosmologies
Few terms are as ubiquitous and yet as deceptive as 'globalization'. 1 Although historians quarrel over chronology and characteristics, it is conventionally understood to mean the specific historical process initiated by the European 'discovery' of the Americas in 1492, which culminated in our interconnected planet, our modernity. This is a modernity profoundly shaped by the demands and ideologies of capitalism, and so its history is traced princ…
Insights from the ‘Ancient Word’: The Use of Colonial Sources in the Study of Aztec Society
Includes papers originally presented at the workshop 'Beyond Deconstruction: Engaging Colonial Knowledge', held at King's College, Cambridge, in Sept. 2006, as well as some post-conference papers
A Remarkably Patterned Life’: Domestic and Public in the Aztec Household City
This article argues that the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan should be understood as a ‘household’, a structure that gave powerful significance to binary gendered ideologies at every level of city organisation. Male and female roles were configured around ‘public’ and ‘domestic’ spheres, but these concepts were perceived in a broader and more flexible way than traditional public/private dichotomies suggest and might helpfully be understood in polit…
Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism , by Daniel Castro
"Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism, by Daniel Castro.." Canadian Journal of History, 44(2), pp. 347–348
Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle, and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture
The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a
Female Dismemberment and Decapitation: Gendered Understandings of Power in Aztec Ritual Violence
Between about 1350 and the 1520s, the Aztecs flourished in the basin of Central Mexico.1 From their island city of Tenochtitlan, they dominated much of the surrounding region until, in 1519, their vibrant world was challenged by the destructive incursion of the Spanish conquistadors. At first sight, the Europeans were awed by the great city rising from the water; this 'enchanted vision' was a model of ordered architecture and activity.2 On enteri…
Trading Roles: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Urban Economy in Colonial Potosí
Located in the heart of the Andes, Potosi was arguably the most important urban center in the Western Hemisphere during the colonial era. It was internationally famous for its abundant silver mines and regionally infamous for its labor draft. Set in this context of opulence and oppression associated with the silver trade, Trading Roles emphasizes daily life in the city’s streets, markets, and taverns. As Jane E. Mangan shows, food and drink trans…
Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle, and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture
The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a
Globalizing Cosmologies
Few terms are as ubiquitous and yet as deceptive as 'globalization'. 1 Although historians quarrel over chronology and characteristics, it is conventionally understood to mean the specific historical process initiated by the European 'discovery' of the Americas in 1492, which culminated in our interconnected planet, our modernity. This is a modernity profoundly shaped by the demands and ideologies of capitalism, and so its history is traced princ…
Women of Discord: Female Power in Aztec Thought
This article addresses the perennial debate over the origins and nature of female power by examining the significance of ‘Women of Discord’ in Aztec (more properly, Mexica) culture. Influential, but often troublesome, these formidable figures embody the complex significance of female power, rooted in women's privileged access to the awesome earth forces through childbirth. This chaotic energy lent cosmological and dynastic significance to the myt…
A Remarkably Patterned Life’: Domestic and Public in the Aztec Household City
This article argues that the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan should be understood as a ‘household’, a structure that gave powerful significance to binary gendered ideologies at every level of city organisation. Male and female roles were configured around ‘public’ and ‘domestic’ spheres, but these concepts were perceived in a broader and more flexible way than traditional public/private dichotomies suggest and might helpfully be understood in polit…
Trading Roles: Gender, Ethnicity, and the Urban Economy in Colonial Potosí
Located in the heart of the Andes, Potosi was arguably the most important urban center in the Western Hemisphere during the colonial era. It was internationally famous for its abundant silver mines and regionally infamous for its labor draft. Set in this context of opulence and oppression associated with the silver trade, Trading Roles emphasizes daily life in the city’s streets, markets, and taverns. As Jane E. Mangan shows, food and drink trans…
Female Dismemberment and Decapitation: Gendered Understandings of Power in Aztec Ritual Violence
Between about 1350 and the 1520s, the Aztecs flourished in the basin of Central Mexico.1 From their island city of Tenochtitlan, they dominated much of the surrounding region until, in 1519, their vibrant world was challenged by the destructive incursion of the Spanish conquistadors. At first sight, the Europeans were awed by the great city rising from the water; this 'enchanted vision' was a model of ordered architecture and activity.2 On enteri…
Bonds of Blood: Gender, Lifecycle, and Sacrifice in Aztec Culture
The history of the Aztecs has been haunted by the spectre of human sacrifice. Reinvesting the Aztecs with a humanity frequently denied to them, and exploring their spectacular religious violence as a
Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism , by Daniel Castro
"Another Face of Empire: Bartolomé de Las Casas, Indigenous Rights, and Ecclesiastical Imperialism, by Daniel Castro.." Canadian Journal of History, 44(2), pp. 347–348
A Remarkably Patterned Life’: Domestic and Public in the Aztec Household City
This article argues that the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan should be understood as a ‘household’, a structure that gave powerful significance to binary gendered ideologies at every level of city organisation. Male and female roles were configured around ‘public’ and ‘domestic’ spheres, but these concepts were perceived in a broader and more flexible way than traditional public/private dichotomies suggest and might helpfully be understood in polit…
Insights from the ‘Ancient Word’: The Use of Colonial Sources in the Study of Aztec Society
Includes papers originally presented at the workshop 'Beyond Deconstruction: Engaging Colonial Knowledge', held at King's College, Cambridge, in Sept. 2006, as well as some post-conference papers
Women of Discord: Female Power in Aztec Thought
This article addresses the perennial debate over the origins and nature of female power by examining the significance of ‘Women of Discord’ in Aztec (more properly, Mexica) culture. Influential, but often troublesome, these formidable figures embody the complex significance of female power, rooted in women's privileged access to the awesome earth forces through childbirth. This chaotic energy lent cosmological and dynastic significance to the myt…
Globalizing Cosmologies
Few terms are as ubiquitous and yet as deceptive as 'globalization'. 1 Although historians quarrel over chronology and characteristics, it is conventionally understood to mean the specific historical process initiated by the European 'discovery' of the Americas in 1492, which culminated in our interconnected planet, our modernity. This is a modernity profoundly shaped by the demands and ideologies of capitalism, and so its history is traced princ…
The Cambridge World History of Violence
In the period from 1500 to 1800 the problem of violence necessitated asking fundamental questions and formulating answers about the most basic forms of human organisation and interactions. Violence spoke to critical issues such as the problem of civility in society, the nature of political sovereignty and the power of the state, the legitimacy of conquest and subjugation, the possibilities of popular resistance, and the manifestations of ethnic a…
Cambridge World History of Violence
Aztecs Abroad? Uncovering the Early Indigenous Atlantic
Indigenous people are often seen as static recipients of transatlantic encounter, influencing the Atlantic world only in their parochial interactions with Europeans, but the reality is that thousands of Native Americans crossed the ocean during the sixteenth century, many unwillingly, but some by choice. As diplomats, entertainers, traders, travelers, and, sadly, most often when enslaved, Indigenous people operated consciously within structures t…
A warlike culture? Religion and war in the Aztec world
The Aztec-Mexica people of Tenochtitlan were, by their own definition, a 'warlike' culture, their collective identity closely tied to military ideals and behaviours. The values of war were dramatized and re-enacted at every level of society, and their shared warrior identity was widely understood by both men and women. This was also a culture in which religion and the supernatural were so deeply embedded in belief and behaviour that it is almost …
Latin American history and culture (9 works) · History (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Archaeology and Natural History (4 works) · Indigenous (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (3 works)