Aztec Latin. Renaissance Learning and Nahuatl Traditions in Early Colonial Mexico by Andrew Laird (review).

The article focuses on *Aztec Latin: Renaissance Learning and Nahuatl Traditions in Early Colonial Mexico*, a book that examines the use of Latin by indigenous Mexicans during the sixteenth century in New Spain. It highlights how Latin education, introduced by European missionaries and humanists such as Juan de Zumárraga and Vasco de Quiroga, became a tool for indigenous elites to engage with Christian doctrine and Renaissance humanism, notably through institutions like the College of Santa Cruz de Tlatelolco. The book reconstructs a diverse corpus of Latin texts produced by or in collaboration with Nahua scholars, revealing a complex intellectual exchange that bridged Amerindian traditions and European Renaissance culture. This work challenges conventional views of colonial Mexico by presenting indigenous literate circles as active participants in cultural and intellectual synthesis rather than passive recipients.