The Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Frank Jacob & Gilmar Visoni-Alonzo

The Military Revolution in Early Modern Europe by Frank Jacob & Gilmar Visoni-Alonzo

Author:Frank Jacob & Gilmar Visoni-Alonzo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK, London


36This garment was called ichcahuipilli and was widely used by different ranks of warriors. A more specialized form of armor was tlahitztli, a full-body suit that was up to two fingers thick and also made of quilted cotton. Patricia Rieff Anawalt, “What Price Aztec Pageantry?” Archaeology 30:4 (1977), 228.

37Ibid.

38Barry L. Isaac, “Aztec Warfare: Goals and Battlefield Comportment,” Ethnology 22:2 (1983), 121.

39While casualty numbers are not always reliable in the Mexican ethno-historical sources, they are consistent. The sources claim that the numbers killed in individual battles were in the thousands and that these numbers were either significantly superior or at least equal to the number of sacrificial captives. Barry L. Isaac, “The Aztec Flowery War.” Journal of Anthropological Research 39:4 (1983), 421.



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