Norse and Aztecs · SITE OF MEMORY ·
Toxcatl massacre (1520)
On the Norse and Aztecs map as “The Toxcatl massacre”
May 1520 — During the festival of Toxcatl in the sacred precinct, Spaniards under Pedro de Alvarado, in Cortés’s absence, attacked the unarmed nobles and dancers gathered for the ceremony and killed many of them. The massacre turned the city against the Spaniards.
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- Climate and Innovation: The Norse and the Aztecs, c. 790–1521
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