Seeds of Sacrifice: Amaranth, the Gardens of Tenochtitlan and Spenser's Faerie Queene

Edward Mac Test

doi:10.1002/9781444310986.ch14

Seeds of Sacrifice: Amaranth, the Gardens of Tenochtitlan and Spenser's Faerie Queene

Edward Mac Test

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Original language	American English
Title of host publication	A Companion to the Global Renaissance
Subtitle of host publication	English Literature and Culture in the Era of Expansion
Pages	242-261
Number of pages	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/9781444310986.ch14
State	Published - 2009

Keywords

Acosta's description of Mexica sacrifice
Botanical miscegenation of European with New World
Greco-Roman representations of sacrifice
Preserving cross-cultural exchange in common folk name for amaranth
Seeds of Sacrifice - Amaranth, the Gardens of Tenochtitlan and Spenser's Faerie Queene
Spenser's Garden of Adonis - gardeners collecting, grafting, and mixing seeds
Transforming into symbol of devotional love - floramor or "flower of love"
Two cultures, employing brutal methods of social control, separated by Atlantic and by methodology
Western Europe, the mythic power of working with plants - "Emptied of religious symbolism"

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