Aztec Latin : Renaissance learning and Nahuatl traditions in early colonial Mexico /

Soon after the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521, missionaries began teaching Latin to native youths in Mexico. This initiative was intended to train indigenous students for positions of leadership, but it led some of them to produce significant writings of their own in Latin, and to translate a wide...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Laird, Andrew, Dr
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2024.
Zusammenfassung:
Soon after the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521, missionaries began teaching Latin to native youths in Mexico. This initiative was intended to train indigenous students for positions of leadership, but it led some of them to produce significant writings of their own in Latin, and to translate a wide range of literature, including Aesop's fables, into their native language. 'Aztec Latin' reveals the full extent to which the first Mexican authors mastered and made use of European learning and provides a timely reassessment of what those indigenous authors really achieved.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xvii, 465 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color)
Anmerkungen:
Also issued in print: 2024.
Zielpublikum:
Specialized.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-758638-4
0-19-758636-8
Schlagworte:
Nahuatl literature > History and criticism.
Latin literature > Influence.
Humanism > Mexico > History.
Learning and scholarship > Mexico > History.
Aztecs > Intellectual life.
General.
Interdisciplinary studies.
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