Reprint. Previously published under title: The feathered serpent and the cross. New York : HBJ Press, 1980. Previously published in series: Imperial visions.
Includes index.
Contents
The Pre-Columbian god-kings / Joyce Milton : Mayan ceremonies and sacrifices ; Astronomy and the Mayan calendar ; The Mayan codices ; Aztec artists ; The Aztec gods ; Daily life among the Aztecs ; San Agustin ; The gold of El Dorado ; Lake Titicaca ; Incan burial customs -- The Papal States / Robert A. Orsi, Norman Harrison : The monastic world ; God's servants ; The Borgias ; The struggle for unity ; The Reformation ; Castel Sant'Angelo ; Life in papal Rome ; Napoleon and the pope ; The Roman Republic.
