... sense of how the Aztecs lived, as well as what the towns, cities and temples would have looked like and an introduction to their methods of worship. Bernal Diaz is also know for his crude and unrefined testimonies, especially in his referral to the sacrifices to the Aztec gods. In a similar account of the same event Hernan Cortes' narrative makes no reference to the bloody walls or the temple that Diaz depicts as Hell, so Diaz's version may be one of the few accounts we have of these descriptions. From Diaz's graphic recollections one must wonder how reliable they are especially since there is an extensive period of around fifty years between witnessing these events to actually writing them down. One could assume his memory would have lapsed slightly, as he was about 71 when he began his narrative. However some credibility can be given to the fact that ...

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