Bernardino de Sahagún

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Catholic priest Franciscan friar ethnographer human linguist missionary

Bernardino de Sahagún was a 16th-century Franciscan friar and pioneering ethnographer of New Spain, best known for his extensive documentation of Aztec culture, language, and history.

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Bernardino de Sahagún canonical 5
Fray Bernardino de Sahagún 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic priest ⓘ
Franciscan friar ⓘ
ethnographer ⓘ
human ⓘ
linguist ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
activeInCentury 16th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Fray Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ
authorOf Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ
Historia general de las cosas de Nueva España NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthDate 1499 ⓘ
birthName Bernardo de Rivera NERFINISHED ⓘ
birthPlace Sahagún, León, Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
citizenship Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfActivity New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
deathDate 1590 ⓘ
deathPlace Mexico City, New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
educatedAt University of Salamanca NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology of Mesoamerica ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
history of New Spain ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
influenced Mesoamerican ethnohistory ⓘ
modern anthropology ⓘ
knownFor Florentine Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ
documentation of Aztec culture ⓘ
documentation of Aztec history ⓘ
documentation of Nahuatl language ⓘ
pioneering ethnography of New Spain ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Nahuatl NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
memberOf Franciscan Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
Order of Friars Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
name Bernardino de Sahagún NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation ethnographer ⓘ
friar ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
studied Aztec medicine ⓘ
Aztec mythology ⓘ
Aztec religion ⓘ
Aztec society NERFINISHED ⓘ
taught indigenous Nahua students ⓘ
usedMethod parallel Nahuatl and Spanish texts ⓘ
systematic interviews with indigenous informants ⓘ
workedAt College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Florentine Codex → author → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
Florentine Codex → compiler → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
massacre at Tóxcatl in Tenochtitlan → historicalSource → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
Classical Nahuatl → documentedBy → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
Tlacaxipehualiztli → documentedBy → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
Tonantzin → mentionedBy → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fray Bernardino de Sahagún
Colegio de Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco → associatedWith → Bernardino de Sahagún ⓘ