Reading Medieval Latin

Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)

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Cambridge University Press
23 October 1995

Grammar & vocabulary; Language readers; Latin

Reading Medieval Latin is an anthology of Medieval Latin texts, arranged chronologically and thematically with introductions, commentaries and a vocabulary of nonclassical words and meanings.

It is a language textbook, designed to introduce students with one year or more of Latin to the Latin writing and culture of the period A.D. 550-1200.

It is the only systematic introduction for students to all types of Medieval Latin writing.

By: Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 206mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 500g
ISBN: 9780521447478
ISBN 10: 052144747X
Publication Date: 23 October 1995
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction; Part I. The Foundations of Christian Latin: 1. Education; 2. Liturgy and divine office; 3. The Bible; 4. The Church fathers; 5. The new Christian genres; Part II. Early Medieval Latin: 6. Hiberno-Latin; 7. Anglo-Latin; 8. Continental Latin; 9. The Carolingian Renaissance; 10. The Ottonian Renaissance; Part III. From the End of the Ottonian Renaissance (1002) to the Concordat of Worms (1122): 11. The Norman conquests; 12. The 'Investiture Contest'; 13. The First Crusade; 14. Philosophy and theology; 15. Poetry; Part IV. The Twelfth-Century Renaissance: 16. The schools and the scholastic method; 17. The religious life; 18. Theology and philosophy; 19. Historical writing; 20. Court literature; Grammar; Orthography; Note on vocabulary; Vocabulary.

Reviews for Reading Medieval Latin

Keith Sidwell promises his readers a selection of Medieval Latin readings that will give a relatively unskilled Latinist a sound introduction to Medieval Latin from the beginnings of 'Christian Latin' to the twelfth-century Renaissance. Sidwell's book in fact offers his readers even more than he promises. His impressive knowledge of numerous aspects of medieval studies, his lively sense of human interest, and his enjoyment of the humorous make Reading Medieval Latin an illuminating and stimulating study of the Middle Ages. Bryn Mawr Classical Review