{"product_id":"the-annals-of-the-cakchiquels","title":"De Annalen van de Cakchiquels","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat does conquest look like when the people whose world it breaks keep the record?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn The Annals of the Cakchiquels, Francisco Hernández Arana Xajilá preserves the history of his Kaqchikel Maya people. A nobleman of the Xahil family, he draws on memories of origins, migration and rule in Guatemala’s highlands. According to the chronicle, the ancestors begin their journey at a gathering place called Tulan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe record follows the Kaqchikel rise under the shadow of the stronger K’iche’, then turns to rival factions and quarrels over power. When Pedro de Alvarado arrives, the Kaqchikel kings welcome him as an ally. War, disease and forced labor threaten their world, while the chronicle holds on to memories that might otherwise fade.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOrigins remembered at Tulan\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow the ancestors’ departure in a chronicle that places a people’s remembered beginnings first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePower in the highlands\u003c\/strong\u003e – Trace migration and rivalry as the Kaqchikel seek their place beside the stronger K’iche’.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAn uneasy Spanish alliance\u003c\/strong\u003e – See Alvarado’s arrival through the Kaqchikel account of welcome, alliance and growing conflict.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMemory under threat\u003c\/strong\u003e – Encounter the effort to preserve elders’ knowledge as painted books and spoken memories fade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA record carried onward\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover a history begun by Hernández Arana Xajilá and continued by Francisco Díaz Xebut Queh.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers curious about Native American history, Maya lives beyond the ruins, and conquest from the conquered side, who welcome a chronicle told in short entries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page and follow the Kaqchikel story from its remembered beginnings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534737047900,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/11010_en_ebook-front_c16.jpg?v=1792175155","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/nl\/products\/de-annalen-van-de-cakchiquels","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}