Suma y narracion de los Incas, que los indios llamaron Capaccuna, que fueron señores de la ciudad del Cuzco y de todo lo á ella subjeto

by Juan de Betanzos

Esta obra (libro de tapa dura) forma parte de la línea TREDITION CLASSICS en la cual la editorial tredition de Hamburgo está publicando obras de los últimos dos milenios que ya están descatalogadas y sólo pueden encontrarse en anticuarios. Esta línea quiere preservar la literatura y proteger la cultura para que miles de libros no se pierdan en el olvido. Con la línea TREDITION CLASSICS nos hemos propuesto reeditar miles de escritores clásicos de la literatura mundial en diversos idiomas para hacerles disponibles universalmente.

Genres: History, Spanish Literature, The Americas, Nonfiction

145 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Jennifer]

An interesting account that presents the perspective of the indigenous population, specifically Incan, of the Andes at the time of the conquest. Includes a decidely female perspectie which lends different information about child birth and rearing than might otherwise be included in such an account. This was my first foray into the Andean conquest after reading several accounts of Mexico, and I found this account to be very informative and interesting in terms of the historical accuracy, the cultural information given, and the insights of the author and the informants. A must read for any Ancient American or Colonial Latin Americanist.

[Dusan Jolovic]

Gives a good insight in Inca's empire and its organization. Betanzos didn't have university degree so the manuscript is simple.
Overall, I liked the book and the information it gives. Whoever is interested in Incas civilization should read it.

[Ring Chime]

I'm somewhat unenthusiastic about the writing style, where it feels like epic poetry or oral traditions were watered down into summaries, and about the uncritical claims of prophecies of bearded men and of the Spaniards being seen as gods is something I find suspicious when later historiography has shown that this was not the case for the Mexica or the Mapuche.

[Dom Jones]

Fine with absurdly long titles

[Shawn]

This is an excellent legendary history of the lineage of Topa Inca Yupanque as related through the family historians of the Inca royal house in the 1550s