- The
mācēhualtin (IPA: [maːseːˈwaɬˈtin],
singular mācēhualli [maːseːˈwalːi]) were the
commoner social class in
Aztec society. The
Aztec social class of...
- cultivation, the
social division between nobility (pipiltin) and
commoners (
macehualtin), a
pantheon (featuring Tezcatlipoca, Tlaloc, and Quetzalcoatl), and...
-
social hierarchy and
widened the
divide between pipiltin (nobles) and
macehualtin (commoners) by
prohibiting commoners from
working in the
royal palaces...
- stratification. The
complex system involved many
social classes. The
macehualtin were
commoners who
lived outside the
island city of Tenochtitlan. The...
- few
possible opportunities of
upwards social mobility for
commoners (
mācehualtin [maːseˈwaɬtin]) was
through military achievement –
especially the taking...
- for
supervising storage of tribute.
Commoners drew the tribute, the
macehualtin, and
distributed to the nobility, be they 'kings' (tlatoque), lesser...
-
typically reserved for sons of
Aztec noblemen,
while the
young commoner men,
macehualtin,
received military training in the Tēlpochcalli ([teːɬpot͡ʃˈkalːi] "house...
- positions: a: a
young person wearing only a
maxtlatl b: a
common person (
Macehualtin)
dress c: a
noble (Pipiltin) or high
ranking warrior dress d:
dress of...
-
representative of the
speech of
Aztec nobles (pīpiltin),
while the
commoners (
mācēhualtin)
spoke a
somewhat different variety.
Stress generally falls on the penultimate...
- city? In what
manner shall I act for the governed, for the v****als (
macehualtin)? For I am blind, I am deaf, I am an imbecile, and in excrement, in filth...
