Testaments written in their own language, Nahuatl, have been crucial for reconstructing the everyday life of the indigenous people of central Mexico after Spanish contact. Those published to date have largely been from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.Testaments of Tolucapresents a large body of Nahuatl wills (98) from 1652 to 1783 from an important valley not much studied, thus greatly enlarging our perspective on the evolution of indigenous society and culture in central Mexico. Each testament is transcribed, translated, and accompanied by a commentary on the testator's situation and on interesting terminology. A substantial introductory study fully analyzes the testamentary genre as seen in this corpus (a first) and summarizes the content of the documents in realms such as gender, kinship, household, and land. Wills are very human documents, and the apparatus draws out this aspect, telling us much of local indigenous life in central Mexico in the third century after Spanish contact, so that the book is of potential interest to a broad spectrum of readers.

Caterina Pizzigoni is currently Assistant Professor of Latin American History at Columbia University.

List of Notaries in the Corpus	p. ix
List of Testaments in Clusters	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xii
Figures 1-3. Reproduction of the testament of Elena de la Cruz (No. 10)	p. xiii
Introductory Study	p. 1
Characteristics of the Corpus	p. 3
Chronology	p. 4
Regional distribution, sociopolitical organization, and order	p. 5
Gender	p. 7
Clusters	p. 8
The Wills and What They Tell Us	p. 8
Preamble	p. 9
Personal names	p. 11
Marital status	p. 13
Unit names	p. 13
Funeral arrangements	p. 14
Mass	p. 14
Shroud	p. 15
Burial	p. 16
The Jerusalem fund	p. 17
Bells	p. 17
Cofradias	p. 18
Undocumented aspects	p. 18
Kinship terms, the order of heirs, and inheritance patterns	p. 19
Perorations	p. 21
Houses and saints	p. 22
Land	p. 25
Animals	p. 28
Debts	p. 29
The end of the testament	p. 29
Ending the body of the will	p. 29
Executors	p. 30
Witnesses	p. 31
Officials	p. 31
Language and Orthography	p. 32
Phenomena of contact with Spanish	p. 33
Toluca Valley Nahuatl, orthography, and phonology	p. 35
Notaries	p. 39
Toluca area	p. 39
Calimaya/Tepemaxalco	p. 42
Some Concluding Remarks	p. 45
Testaments of Toluca: Transcription, Translation, and Commentary	p. 51
Toluca Area
Andres Nicolas, Santa Barbara Mixcoac, city of Toluca, 1671	p. 53
Maria de la Encarnacion, San Juan Evangelista, 1733	p. 54
Juana Francisca, San Luis, 1699	p. 55
Ana Maria, San Luis, 1716	p. 56
Luis Francisco, Santa Clara Cozcatlan, 1731	p. 58
Isabel Maria, Santa Clara Cozcatlan, 1731	p. 59
Don Ramon de Santiago, Santa Clara Cozcatlan, 1740	p. 61
Juan Crisostomo, Santa Barbara Xolalpan, 1701	p. 64
Maria Ana de Morales, San Miguel Aticpac, 1707	p. 66
Elena de la Cruz, San Miguel Aticpac, 1711	p. 68
Maria Hernandez, San Miguel Aticpac, 1737	p. 74
Maria Josefa, San Miguel Aticpac, 1737	p. 75
Adrian Josef, San Miguel Aticpac, 1733	p. 77
Juan Rafael, San Cristobal, 1732	p. 78
Agustin Pedro, San Cristobal, 1732	p. 80
Esteban de San Juan, San Miguel Totocuitlapilco, 1652	p. 81
Marcos Francisco, Transfiguracion Capultitlan, 1737	p. 83
Felipe de Santiago, Santa Maria de los Angeles Huitzillan, 1741	p. 85
Vicenta Teresa, San Francisco Calixtlahuaca, 1737	p. 87
Will issued by Pascual de los Reyes for Maria Ines, San Sebastian, 1703	p. 88
Tomasa Gertrudis, San Sebastian, 1738	p. 90
Ambrosio Lorenzo, San Bartolome Tlatelolco, 1715	p. 91
Gregorio Juan, San Bartolome Tlatelolco, 1731	p. 94
Melchora Maria, San Bartolome Tlatelolco, 1737	p. 96
Don Felipe de Santiago, San Pedro Tototepec, 1728	p. 98
Bernardino de Santiago, San Pedro Tototepec, 1733	p. 100
Francisco de la Cruz, San Pedro Tototepec, 1735	p. 102
Pascual Francisco, San Juan Bautista, 1710	p. 105
Pedro Pablo, San Juan Bautista, 1737	p. 106
Pascuala Melchora, San Juan Bautista, 1717	p. 108
Sebastian de Santiago, San Juan Bautista, 1731	p. 111
Joaquin Josef, San Juan Bautista, 1736	p. 112
Juan de los Santos, San Juan Bautista, 1756	p. 113
Will issued by Maria de Guadalupe for Mateo de Luna, San Juan Bautista, 1757	p. 114
Salvador Cayetano, Santa Ana, 1728	p. 116
Pascual Antonio, Santa Ana, 1737	p. 118
Mauricia Josefa, no place, 1732	p. 120
Don Francisco Pedro, no place, 1737	p. 122
Tepemaxalco
Don Juan de la Cruz, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, 1691	p. 125
Jacinto de la Cruz, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Pasiontitlan, 1693	p. 130
Polonia Maria, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Pasiontitlan, 1710	p. 132
Maria Salome, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Pasiontitlan, 1654	p. 134
Maria Micaela, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Pasiontitlan, 1762	p. 139
Felix Juan, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, Pasiontitlan, 1762	p. 142
Lucas de la Cruz, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, 1695	p. 144
Don Baltasar de los Reyes, San Lucas Evangelista, 1681	p. 147
Lucia Maria, San Lucas Evangelista, 1731	p. 150
Francisco Martin, San Lucas Evangelista, 1735	p. 152
Agustin de los Angeles, San Lucas Evangelista, 1736	p. 154
Antonio de Santiago, San Lucas Evangelista, 1726	p. 156
Ana Teresa, San Lucas Evangelista, 1759	p. 158
Marcela Maria, San Lucas Evangelista, 1759	p. 159
Felipe de Santiago, San Lucas Evangelista, 1759	p. 161
Bernardino de Sena, San Lucas Evangelista, 1759	p. 163
Juan Clemente, San Lucas Evangelista, 1762	p. 164
Don Juan Alonso, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1692	p. 166
Pascuala Maria, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1762	p. 168
Alonso Cristobal, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1759	p. 172
Marcelino de la Cruz, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1759	p. 174
Juana Maria, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1760	p. 175
Francisco Javier, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1762	p. 176
Guillermo Martin, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1737	p. 177
Josefa Trinidad, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1752	p. 180
Ignacia Cristina, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1759	p. 181
Tomas de Aquino, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1760	p. 182
Pablo Marcial, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1762	p. 183
Gabriel de Santiago, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1758	p. 184
Don Felipe de Santiago, Santa Maria de la Asuncion, 1783	p. 185
Juan Andres, San Pablo Tepemaxalco, San Juan Bautista Yancuictlalpan, 1737	p. 188
Calimaya
Fabiana de la Cruz, San Pedro Calimaya, 1758	p. 189
Martina Maria, San Pedro Calimaya, Pasiontitlan, 1751	p. 191
Agustin de la Cruz, San Pedro Calimaya, Pasiontitlan, 1755	p. 193
Lorenza de Subersa, San Pedro Calimaya, Pasiontitlan, 1759	p. 196
Maria Clara, San Pedro Calimaya, Pasiontitlan, 1763	p. 197
Dominga Melchora, Calimaya, Pasiontitlan, 1701	p. 200
Juana de la Cruz, San Pedro Calimaya, Tlamimilolpan, 1758	p. 202
Josefa Encarnacion, San Pedro Calimaya, Tlamimilolpan, 1759	p. 204
Francisco Juan, Calimaya, Tlamimilolpan, 1712	p. 206
Antonio de Santiago, Calimaya, Tlamimilolpan, 1734	p. 209
Pascuala de la Cruz, Calimaya, Tlamimilolpan, 1739	p. 212
Felix de Santiago, Calimaya, Teopantonco, 1738	p. 215
Don Antonio Salvador, Calimaya, Teopantonco, 1762	p. 218
Antonia Espinosa, Calimaya, Teopanquiyahuac, 1759	p. 223
Rosa Francisca, San Pedro Calimaya, Teopanquiyahuac, 1760	p. 224
Tomas de la Cruz, San Antonio de Padua, 1717	p. 226
Mateo Juarez, San Antonio de Padua, 1733	p. 227
Pablo Joaquin, San Antonio de Padua, 1737	p. 229
Calimaya/Tepemaxalco
Antonio de la Cruz, Santa Maria Nativitas, 1678	p. 231
Jose de Alcantara, Santa Maria Nativitas, 1737	p. 233
Antonia Maria, Santa Maria Nativitas, 1759	p. 235
Dominga Maria, Santa Maria Nativitas, 1759	p. 236
Antonia Rufina, Santa Maria Nativitas, 1759	p. 236
Leonor Maria, Santa Maria Nativitas, 1760	p. 237
Mateo Serrano, Santiago Apostol Quaxochtenco, 1703	p. 238
Baltasar de los Reyes, Santiago Apostol Quaxochtenco, ca. 1730	p. 242
Mateo Manuel, Santiago Apostol Quaxochtenco, 1760	p. 244
Ventura Ramos, Santiago Apostol Quaxochtenco, 1761	p. 245
Tomas de la Cruz, Calimaya/Tepemaxalco, place unknown, 1760	p. 246
Glossary	p. 248
Bibliography	p. 249
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