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Jimeno Álvarez

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macehualtiny = macehualtinEl macehualtin were the plebeian social class in the Aztec Empire. During the reign of Moctezuma II ( 1502-1520 ) that were forbidden to serve in the Royal palaces, since this Monarch was expanded the gap between pipiltin ( noble ) and macehualtin.Como Aztec society was in part focused on war - every Aztec male received military training basic from an early age - the only possibility of upward social mobility for macehualtin was through military achievement - especially the taking of captives ( Maltin [Maltin] noun Malli ). After the Spanish conquest, the word nahuatl macehualli was adopted in Spanish colonial macehual, and was used by all the new Spain as a synonym for " commoner 34, " 34 subject; and " 34 native.

  




Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

It means members of the middle class, settlers, commoner inhabitants, of the old Mixtec society. They paid taxes and had relative freedom. The word is of Nahuatl origin and comes from macehualli and macehualtín.

  



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