Tlacaelel Remembered

Book Review| May 01 2018 Tlacaelel Remembered: Mastermind of the Aztec Empire Tlacaelel Remembered: Mastermind of the Aztec Empire. By Schroeder, Susan. Civilization of the American Indian. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2016. Maps. Figures. Notes. Glossary. Bibliography. Index. xiii, 218 pp. Cloth, $29.95. Michel R. Oudijk Michel R. Oudijk Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Hispanic American Historical Review (2018) 98 (2): 310–312. https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4377092 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter Email Permissions Search Site Citation Michel R. Oudijk; Tlacaelel Remembered: Mastermind of the Aztec Empire. Hispanic American Historical Review 1 May 2018; 98 (2): 310–312. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/00182168-4377092 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search nav search search input Search input auto suggest search filter Books & JournalsAll JournalsHispanic American Historical Review Search Advanced Search Tlacaelel is a historical person shrouded in mystery, up to the point that some believe that he never existed. According to some sources, Tlacaelel was the power behind the crown, a Rasputin behind Nicholas II or a Steve Bannon behind Donald Trump. Susan Schroeder delves into all the available material about this man and produces a thorough description of his role behind four Tenochca (Aztec) rulers. To contextualize the relatively scant information on Tlacaelel, Schroeder describes the political structure of the Tenochca empire and the history of Tenochtitlan before Tlacaelel's accession. In fact, it takes some time before we get to read about the protagonist, since it is almost halfway through the book that Tlacaelel appears. Schroeder describes him as a cunning, stubborn, and bloodthirsty man who always looked for wars to feed an almost insatiable hunger for sacrificial victims. It is... Copyright © 2018 by Duke University Press2018 You do not currently have access to this content

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