1. Aztec Society and Religion Textbook, Ch. 15 • Sources 15.1 & 15.2: Florentine Codex (c. 1540-60) and Codex Mendoza (c. 1540)

● Why do you think people were selected to impersonate the god Tezcatlipoca for a year? What qualifications were the impersonators supposed to possess, and why? What does this practice suggest about Aztec relations between the human and spirit worlds? What did child-rearing practices reveal about gender roles in the Aztec Empire? What punishments did parents use to discipline their children, and what does this suggest about the values and expectations of subjects of the Aztec Empire?​