Second Letter to King Charles V History Essay
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I believe that Cortes was tacitly arguing that, given their existing practices, the Aztecs—or, a least, the Aztec nobility—would be amenable to reorganizing their religious functions along Christian lines. In this respect, Cortes was arguably appealing to King Charles’ religious sentiments and, perhaps more important, to those of Charles’ ecclesiastical advisors.