CHAPTER II

SUCCESSION TO THE CROWN--AZTEC NOBILITY--JUDICIAL SYSTEM--LAWS AND REVENUES--MILITARY INSTITUTIONS

Election of the Sovereign 34 His Coronation 37 Aztec Nobles 38 Their barbaric Pomp 39 Tenure of their Estates 40 Legislative Power 41 Judicial System 42

Independent Judges 43 Their Mode of Procedure 44 Showy Tribunal 45 Hieroglyphical Paintings 46 Marriage Rites 49 Slavery in Mexico 49 Royal Revenues 51 Burdensome Imposts 54 Public Couriers 55 Military Enthusiasm 56 Aztec Ambassadors 57 Orders of Knighthood 57 Gorgeous Armor 58 National Standard 59 Military Code 60 Hospitals for the Wounded 61 Influence of Conquest on a Nation 63 Criticism on Torquemada’s History 64 Abbé Clavigero 65

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