Beware the great horned serpent! : Chiapas under the threat of Napoleon
"As the Mexican war for independence raged and Spain struggled to free itself from Napoleon's yoke, a friar in Chiapas translated into the Tzotzil Mayan language an 1812 proclamation aimed at inspiring loyalty to Spain among the inhabitants of its colonies. This translation, actually a lengthy adaptation and elaboration of the original Spanish text, is the oldest extant narrative in Tzotzil. It is of extraordinary value both as a source on the Tzotzil language and as a grass-roots commentary on spanish policy at the end of the colonial period."
Print Book, English, ©2003
Institute for Mesoamerican Studies, University at Albany ; Distributed by University of Texas Press, Albany, N.Y., Austin, ©2003