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Diego Durán (c. 1537 – 1588) was a Dominican friar best known for his authorship of one of the earliest Western books on the history and culture of the Aztecs, The History of the Indies of New Spain, a book that was much criticised in his lifetime for helping the "heathen" maintain their culture.[citation needed]
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
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| Diego Durán | Born | c. 1537 Seville, Crown of Castile | 1.00 | infobox |
| Diego Durán | Died | 1588 (aged 50–51) Mexico City, New Spain | 1.00 | infobox |
| Diego Durán | Notable work | The History of the Indies of New Spain | 1.00 | infobox |
| Diego Durán | Occupation | Dominican friar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Durán's | instance of | the more numerous post-conquest codices and near-contemporary works | 0.80 | text |
| Sahagún's are invaluable sources for the interpretation of archaeological theories | instance of | the more numerous post-conquest codices and near-contemporary works | 0.80 | text |
| evidence | instance of | the more numerous post-conquest codices and near-contemporary works | 0.80 | text |
| but more importantly for constructing a history of the natives from texts produced by the natives themselves | instance of | the more numerous post-conquest codices and near-contemporary works | 0.80 | text |
| as exemplified in the New Philology | instance of | the more numerous post-conquest codices and near-contemporary works | 0.80 | text |
| Diego Durán | related to External links | View | 0.60 | section |
| Diego Durán | related to External links | Durán Codex | 0.60 | section |
| Diego Durán | related to External links | Historia | 0.60 | section |
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