Reading Medieval Latin [Paperback]

An anthology of chronologically and thematically arranged medieval Latin texts aimed at students with one year or more of Latin.Designed to introduce students who have studied one year or more of Latin to the writing and culture of A.D. 550-1200, this anthology of Medieval Latin texts is arranged chronologically and thematically. It includes introductions and commentaries as well as a vocabulary of nonclassical words and meanings.Designed to introduce students who have studied one year or more of Latin to the writing and culture of A.D. 550-1200, this anthology of Medieval Latin texts is arranged chronologically and thematically. It includes introductions and commentaries as well as a vocabulary of nonclassical words and meanings.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.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. Keith Sidwell promises his readers a selection of Medil3y