Medieval Latin: An Introduction and Bibliographical Guide

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 768 pages
• Published by: Catholic University of America Press December 1996
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0813208424
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0813208428
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 1.7 inches
• Weighs: 2.9 pounds

Language Notes
Text: English, Latin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Publisher Description
Organized with the assistance of an international advisory committee of medievalists from several disciplines, Medieval Latin is a new standard guide to the Latin language and literature of the period from c. A.D. 200 to 1500. It promises to be indispensable as a handbook in university courses in Medieval Latin and as a point of departure for the study of Latin texts and documents in any of the fields of medieval studies. Comprehensive in scope, the guide provides introductions to, and bibliographic orientations in, all the main areas of Medieval Latin language, literature, and scholarship. Part One consists of an introduction and sizable listing of general print and electronic reference and research tools. Part Two focuses on issues of language, with introductions to such topics as Biblical and Christian Latin, and Medieval Latin pronunciation, orthography, morphology and syntax, word formation and lexicography, metrics, prose styles, and so on. There are chapters on the Latin used in administration, law, music, commerce, the liturgy, theology and philosophy, science and technology, and daily life. Part Three offers a systematic overview of Medieval Latin literature, with introductions to a wide range of genres and to translations from and into Latin. Each chapter concludes with a bibliography of fundamental works--texts, lexica, studies, and research aids. This guide satisfies a long-standing need for a reference tool in English that focuses on medieval latinity in all of its specialized aspects. It will be welcomed by students, teachers, professional latinists, medievalists, humanists, and general readers interested in the role of Latin as the learned lingua franca of western Europe. It may also prove valuable to reference librarians assembling collections concerned with Latin authors and texts of the postclassical period.

F. A. C. Mantello is associate professor of Medieval Latin at The Catholic University of America. A. G. Rigg is professor of English and Medieval Studies and chairman of the Medieval Latin Committee at the University of Toronto's Centre for Medieval Studies. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.