The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin: Volume 1, 450–1066

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Carolinne White (University of Oxford) Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania)

The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin

Volume 1, 450–1066

Carolinne White (University of Oxford), Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania)

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Cambridge University Press
01 February 2024

This anthology presents in two volumes a series of Latin texts (with English translation) produced in Britain during the period AD 450–1500. Excerpts are taken from Bede and other historians, from the letters of women written from their monasteries, from famous documents such as Domesday Book and Magna Carta, and from accounts and legal documents, all revealing the lives of individuals at home and on their travels across Britain and beyond. It offers an insight into Latin writings on many subjects, showing the important role of Latin in the multilingual society of medieval Britain, in which Latin was the primary language of written communication and record and also developed, particularly after the Norman Conquest, through mutual influence with English and French. The thorough introductions to each volume provide a broad overview of the linguistic and cultural background, while the individual texts are placed in their social, historical and linguistic context.

Preface by: Catherine Conybeare (Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania)
Edited by: Carolinne White (University of Oxford)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 32mm
Weight: 1.040kg
ISBN: 9781107186514
ISBN 10: 110718651X
Pages: 504
Publication Date: 01 February 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

CAROLINNE WHITE was a member of the Faculty of Classics at the University of Oxford. She collaborated on the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, completed in 2013, is the author of Christian Ideas of Friendship in the Fourth Century (1992) and has translated Early Christian Lives (1997), The Rule of Benedict (2007) and Lives of Roman Christian Women (2010) for Penguin Classics. Catherine Conybeare is Leslie Clark Professor in the Humanities at Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania. She is an authority on the Latin texts of late antiquity, and is the author of four books, including The Laughter of Sarah: Biblical Exegesis, Feminist Theory, and the Concept of Delight (2013). She is also the editor of a new series for Cambridge University Press, Cultures of Latin from Antiquity to the Enlightenment.