{"product_id":"heaven-born-merida-and-its-destiny-the-book-of-chilam-balam-of-chumayel-paperback-softback-9780292719378","title":"Heaven Born Merida and Its Destiny; The Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel (Paperback \/ softback) 9780292719378","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eHeaven Born Merida and Its Destiny\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMunro S. Edmonson (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292719378\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 1986\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e319 pages\u003cbr\u003e25.4 x 17.8 x 1.7 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e When the Spaniards conquered the Yucatan Peninsula in the early 1500s, they made a great effort to destroy or Christianize the native cultures flourishing there. That they were in large part unsuccessful is evidenced by the survival of a number of documents written in Maya and preserved and added to by literate Mayas up to the 1830s. \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel\u003c\/i\u003e is such a document, literally the history of Yucatan written by and for Mayas, and it contains much information not available from Spanish sources because it was part of an underground resistance movement of which the Spanish were largely unaware. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Well known to Mayanists, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Chilam Balam of Chumayel\u003c\/i\u003e is presented here in Munro S. Edmonson's English translation, extensively annotated. Edmonson reinterprets the book as literature and as history, placing it in chronological order and translating it as poetry. The ritual nature of Mayan history clearly emerges and casts new light on Mexican and Spanish acculturation of the Yucatecan Maya in the post-Classic and colonial periods. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Centered in the city of Merida, the \u003ci\u003eChumayel\u003c\/i\u003e provides the western (Xiu) perspective on Yucatecan history, as Edmonson's earlier book \u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Future of the Itza: The Book of Chilam Balam of Tizimin\u003c\/i\u003e presented the eastern (Itza) viewpoint. Both document the changing calendar of the colonial period and the continuing vitality of pre-Columbian ritual thought down to the nineteenth century. Perhaps the biggest surprise is the survival of the long-count dating system down to the Baktun Ceremonial of 1618 (12.0.0.0.0). But there are others: the use of rebus writing, the survival of the \u003ci\u003etun\u003c\/i\u003e until 1752, graphic if oblique accounts of Mayan ceremonial drama, and the depiction of the Spanish conquest as a long-term inter-Mayan civil war. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Manuscripts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Language \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Science: The Tzol Kin\u003cbr\u003e the Tun\u003cbr\u003e The Hab\u003cbr\u003e The Tikal Calendar\u003cbr\u003e The Mayapan Calendar\u003cbr\u003e The Valladolid Calendar\u003cbr\u003e The AÑ\u003cbr\u003eo\u003cbr\u003e The Julian Calendar\u003cbr\u003e The Semana \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Arts: Cuisine\u003cbr\u003e Toponymy\u003cbr\u003e Onomastics\u003cbr\u003e Poetry\u003cbr\u003e Drama\u003cbr\u003e Narrative\u003cbr\u003e Myth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e History: Tenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Thirteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Fourteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Fifteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Sixteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Seventeenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Eighteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e Nineteenth Century \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Heaven Born Merida and Its Destiny \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Eighth Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 1. The First Chronicle \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 2. The Second Chronicle \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Tenth Century \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 12 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 3. The Third Chronicle \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Fifteenth Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 4. Izamal and Champoton \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 5. Uxmal \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Chichen Itza \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. The Sermon of Ahau Pech \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Sixteenth Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Cozumel \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. The Sermon of Puc Tun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10. The Sermon of Xopan Nahuat \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11. Coba \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12. The Ceremonial of the May \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13. The Sermon of Tzin Yabun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 14. The Building of the Pyramids \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 15. The Ceremonial of the Hab \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 16. Christianity Reaches Merida \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 17. The Count of the Katuns \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 18. Merida Seats the Cycle \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 19. The New Cycle of Merida \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 20. The Birth of the Uinal \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 21. The Sermon of Kauil Ch’\u003cbr\u003eel \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 22. The Cathedral of Merida \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 23. The Shield of Yucatan \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 24. The Inquisition in the East \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 25. The Civil War \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Seventeenth Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 26. The Military Orders \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 27. The War Indemnity \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 28. Caesar Augustus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 29. The Ceremonial of the Baktun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 30. The Language of Zuyua \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 31. Additional Riddles \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 32. Astronomical Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 33. Caesar Augustus and the Chan War \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 34. Antonio MartÍ\u003cbr\u003enez \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 12 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 35. Valladolid Resurgent \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 10 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 36. Chable \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 37. The Annals of Tixkokob \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Eighteenth Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6 Ahau \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 38. The Ending of Tribute at Chichen Itza \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 39. Calendrical Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 40. Valladolid \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 41. The Sevenfold Creation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 42. The Sins of the Itza \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 43. The Sheep and the Goats \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 44. Notes from Chumayel \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Nineteenth Century \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 13 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 45. Coba \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 11 Ahau \u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e 46. Tizimin \u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix A. Concordance \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix B. A Ceremonial Circuit \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix C. The Mayan Calendar \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix D. Seats and Lords of the Katun \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530854363416,"sku":"9780292719378","price":28.58,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/heaven-born-merida-and-its-destiny-the-book-of-chilam-balam-of-chumayel-paperback-softback-9780292719378","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}