Medieval Latin

This is a reprint of the original edition from 1925. A classic that has stood the test of time, this book is designed to introduce the reader to Medieval Latin, for more than a thousand years the universal language of church, state, school, and society. From the overwhelming mass of material that has lain hidden in musty tomes and quaint manuscripts the editor has selected examples in the various fields of medieval literature, except the didactic and homiletic works of the church fathers. This gives a conspectus of the whole subject by typical samples from different periods. The selections represent history, anecdote, argument, the epistle, the drama, the essay, the dialogue, the novel, and epic, lyric, pastoral, didactic, and satiric verse. Teachers or students wishing to specialize in any of these forms will find the selections topically outlined at the end of the Table of Contents. For the student of history, comparative literature, or civilization in general, these pages have a profound significance. To the student of the Latin language and literature, they show that Latin from Ennius to Erasmus, during a period of nearly a millennium and three quarters, is more homogeneous than is English from Chaucer to Tennyson, a matter of only five hundred years. The student of the Romance and other modern languages can here see important processes actually going on in the development of these languages. The selections are useful for schools, for colleges, or for the general reader, and have been chosen with a view to intrinsic interest.

ISBN-13: 9780979505119

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Armfield Academic Press

Publication Date: 01-10-2007

Pages: 736

Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.47(d)

Table of Contents

AETHERIA, SULPICIUS SEVERUS, IORDANES, ENNODIUS, EUGIPPIUS, AVITUS, GREGORY OF TOURS, VENANTIUS FORTUNATUS, FREDEGAIRE, GREGORY THE GREAT, ISIDORE, BAEDA, EINHARD, PAULUS DIACONUS, ALCUIN, THEODULF, ERMOLDUS NIGELLUS, HRABANUS MARCUS, WALAFRID STRABO, IOANNES SCOTUS, REYNARD THE FOX, SEDULIUS SCOTUS, NOTKER BALBULUS, LIUTPRAND, EKKEHART (Waltharii Poesis), WIDUKIND, RICHER, HROTHSVITHA, MEDIEVAL RELIGIOUS DRAMA, ROBERT KING OF FRANCE, EKKEHART IV, ADAM IF BREMEN, EKKEHART OF AURA, THE CAMBRIDGE SONGS, ABELARD AND HELOISE, WILLIAM OF MALMESBURY, GEOFFREY OF MONMOUTH, WILLIAM OF TYRE, BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, BERNARD OF CLUNY, RAYMUND OF AGILES, FOUCHER, MATTHEW PARIS, SAINT BONAVENTURA, ROGER BACON, JACOPONE DA TODI, THOMAS A CELANO, SONGS OF THE WANDERING STUDENTS, THE POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO WALTER MAP, WALTER MAP, NIGELLUS WIREKER, JOHN OF HAUTEVILLE (OR HAUTESEILLE), ALAIN DE LILLE, PETRUS ALPHONSUS, JACQUES DE VITRY, ETIENNE DE BOURBON, GESTA ROMANORUM, THE STORY OF APOLLONIUS, KING OF TYRE, JACOB DE VORAGINE, WRIGHT'S LATIN STORIES, ODO OF CERINTON (SHERRINGTON), JOHN THE MONK, THOMAS OF MONMOUTH, THE PASSION AND MIRACLES OF ST. OLAF, CAESAR OF HEISTERBACH, DANTE ALIGHIERI, PETRARCH, AENEAS SILVIUS, MARULLUS, BEMBO, BALDASSARRE CASTIGLIONE, MARCANTONIA FLAMINIO, IULIUS CAESAR SCALIGER, BAPTISTA MANTUANUS, JACOPO SANNAZARO, ERASMUS, SIR THOMAS MORE, IONNAES SECUNDUS, SIXTEENTH-CENTURY LATIN LYRISTS IN GERMANY, JAKOB BALDAE, GULIELMUS GNAPHEUS, MURETUS, IUSTUS LIPSIUS, JEAN BODIN, DANIEL HEINSIUS, JOHN MILTON Show More