Madrid, 1939

La Historia de Tlaxcala fue escrita por Diego Muñoz y Camargo entre 1576 y 1591. Aquí se describen la religión, costumbres, cultura, y forma de vida de los tlaxcaltecas antes de la Conquista; y se narran los acontecimientos de la Conquista de México, desde los presagios de la llegada de los españoles, hasta los acontecimientos durante el mandato de Álvaro Manrique de Zúñiga, séptimo virrey de Nueva España.

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