La Malinche is one of the most well-known historical figures and representatives of indigenous women in Mexico. Also known as ...

Aztec society, whose powerful empire stretched over what is now southern ... While noblewomen could expect to be cared for by a midwifery team, women lower down the social scale would also have ...

Greg Jenner is joined in 16th-Century Mexico by Dr Amy Fuller and comedian Jen Brister to learn about Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and his translator Malintzin. In 1521, the powerful Aztec ...

but found that many of the remains were of women and children. This naturally led to a reevaluation of what historians thought they knew about human sacrifice in the Aztec Empire. “We were ...

In 1521, the powerful Aztec empire was brutally conquered by the ... chief amongst them the woman who became his translator: Malintzin. A skilled linguist, Malintzin was given to Cortés upon ...