16th century, Americas, Aztec, Aztec, historical figure, primary source, quotes, South America
The Aztec king Montezuma II (1466-1520) had jesters and every mention we have of them points to their having been deformed in some way. Bernal Diaz de Castillo (1492-1591) who visited Montezuma’s court, tells us that:Sometimes some little humpbacked dwarfs...