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Reading Medieval Latin Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)

Reading Medieval Latin By Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)

Reading Medieval Latin by Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)


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Summary

Reading Medieval Latin is an anthology of medieval Latin texts, arranged chronologically and thematically with introductions, commentaries, and a vocabulary of non-classical 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 AD 550-1200.

Reading Medieval Latin Summary

Reading Medieval Latin by Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)

Reading Medieval Latin is an introduction to medieval Latin in its cultural and historical context and is designed to serve the needs of students who have completed the learning of basic classical Latin morphology and syntax. (Users of Reading Latin will find that it follows on after the end of section 5 of that course.) It is an anthology, organised chronologically and thematically in four parts. Each part is divided into chapters with introductory material, texts, and commentaries which give help with syntax, sentence-structure, and background. There are brief sections on medieval orthography and grammar, together with a vocabulary which includes words (or meanings) not found in standard classical dictionaries. The texts chosen cover areas of interest to students of medieval history, philosophy, theology, and literature.

Reading Medieval Latin Reviews

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

Table of Contents

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.

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GOR003183648
9780521447478
052144747X
Reading Medieval Latin by Keith Sidwell (University College Cork)
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
19950824
418
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