Editing Moctezuma II (section)

===Bernardino de Sahagún===
The Florentine Codex, made by Bernardino de Sahagún and indigenous scholars under his tutelage, relied on native informants from [[Tlatelolco (altepetl)|Tlatelolco]] and generally portrays Tlatelolco and Tlatelolcan rulers in a favorable light relative to those of Tenochtitlan. Historian [[Matthew Restall]] claims that the Codex depicts Moctezuma as weak-willed, superstitious, and indulgent.{{sfn|Restall|2003}} [[James Lockhart (historian)|James Lockhart]] suggests that Moctezuma fills the role of a scapegoat for the Aztec defeat.{{sfn|Lockhart|1993|pp=17–19}}

Other historians have noted that the Codex may not necessarily cast Moctezuma as cowardly and responsible for Spanish colonization. Rebecca Dufendach argues that the Codex reflects the native informants' uniquely indigenous manner of portraying leaders who suffered from poor health brought on by fright.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Dufendach|first=Rebecca|date=1 October 2019|title='As if His Heart Died': A Reinterpretation of Moteuczoma's Cowardice in the Conquest History of the Florentine Codex|url=https://read.dukeupress.edu/ethnohistory/article/66/4/623/140288/As-if-His-Heart-Died-A-Reinterpretation-of|journal=Ethnohistory|volume=66|issue=4|pages=623–645|doi=10.1215/00141801-7683240|s2cid=204479194 |access-date=13 July 2023}}</ref>