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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100197266088

ISBN-139780197266083

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Number of Pages380 Pages

Publication NameLatin in Medieval Britain

LanguageEnglish

SubjectLatin, General, Customs & Traditions

Publication Year2017

TypeLanguage Course

AuthorCarolinne White

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Social Science, History

SeriesProceedings of the British Academy Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2017-295226

Reviews"The collection is diverse, and the wide range both of topics and of scholarly approaches provides ample testimony not only to the richness and complexity of the Latin tradition in Britain but also to the impressive achievement of the dictionary's editors and contributors, faced with such a daunting quantity and range of material." -- P´adraic Moran, Speculum"this volume excellently demonstrates the breadth and value of the corpus of Medieval Latin from Britain. Individual contributions on the whole are exemplary and will be of great use to a wide readership, while the editorial standards of the volume are high. Although not exhaustive in its reach, this collection is a fine tribute both to the DMLBS and Medieval Latin studies more generally."--Robert Gallagher, The Medieval Review, "The collection is diverse, and the wide range both of topics and of scholarly approaches provides ample testimony not only to the richness and complexity of the Latin tradition in Britain but also to the impressive achievement of the dictionary's editors and contributors, faced with such a daunting quantity and range of material." -- P'adraic Moran, Speculum"this volume excellently demonstrates the breadth and value of the corpus of Medieval Latin from Britain. Individual contributions on the whole are exemplary and will be of great use to a wide readership, while the editorial standards of the volume are high. Although not exhaustive in its reach, this collection is a fine tribute both to the DMLBS and Medieval Latin studies more generally."--Robert Gallagher, The Medieval Review, "The collection is diverse, and the wide range both of topics and of scholarly approaches provides ample testimony not only to the richness and complexity of the Latin tradition in Britain but also to the impressive achievement of the dictionary's editors and contributors, faced with such a daunting quantity and range of material." -- Pádraic Moran, Speculum "this volume excellently demonstrates the breadth and value of the corpus of Medieval Latin from Britain. Individual contributions on the whole are exemplary and will be of great use to a wide readership, while the editorial standards of the volume are high. Although not exhaustive in its reach, this collection is a fine tribute both to the DMLBS and Medieval Latin studies more generally."--Robert Gallagher, The Medieval Review, "The collection is diverse, and the wide range both of topics and of scholarly approaches provides ample testimony not only to the richness and complexity of the Latin tradition in Britain but also to the impressive achievement of the dictionary's editors and contributors, faced with such a daunting quantity and range of material." -- Pádraic Moran, Speculum"this volume excellently demonstrates the breadth and value of the corpus of Medieval Latin from Britain. Individual contributions on the whole are exemplary and will be of great use to a wide readership, while the editorial standards of the volume are high. Although not exhaustive in its reach, this collection is a fine tribute both to the DMLBS and Medieval Latin studies more generally."--Robert Gallagher, The Medieval Review, "this volume excellently demonstrates the breadth and value of the corpus of Medieval Latin from Britain. Individual contributions on the whole are exemplary and will be of great use to a wide readership, while the editorial standards of the volume are high. Although not exhaustive in its reach, this collection is a fine tribute both to the DMLBS and Medieval Latin studies more generally."--Robert Gallagher, The Medieval Review

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Table Of Content1: Richard Ashdowne and Carolinne White: Introduction Part I 2: David Howlett: The Start of the Anglo-Latin Tradition 3: Neil Wright: The Twelfth-Century Renaissance in Anglo-Norman England: William of Malmesbury and Joseph of Exeter 4: Wendy R. Childs: From Chronicles to Customs Accounts: The Uses of Latin in the Long Fourteenth Century 5: Robert Swanson: Elephans in Camera: Latin and Latinity in Fifteenth- and Early-Sixteenth-Century England Part II 6: Paul Brand: The Latin of the Early English Common Law 7: Leofranc Holford-Strevens: English Music Theory in Medieval Latin 8: Carolinne White: Latin in Ecclesiastical Contexts 9: Charles Burnett: The Introduction of Arabic Words in Medieval British Latin Scientific Writings Part III 10: Paul Russell: 'Go and Look in the Latin Books': Latin and the Vernacular in Medieval Wales 11: Richard Sharpe: Official and Unofficial Latin Words in Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century England 12: Laura Wright: On Non-integrated Vocabulary in the Mixed-language Accounts of St Paul's Cathedral, 13151405 13: and#8224David Trotter: Anglo-Norman, Medieval Latin, and Words of Germanic Origin 14: Philip Durkin and Samantha Schad: The DMLBS and the OED: Medieval Latin and the Lexicon of English 15: David Howlett: Making the Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources

SynopsisLatin continued to be used across Europe long after the end of the Roman Empire. While not the native language of its users, it was nevertheless used for a wide variety of functions from religion to record-keeping. This book considers various contexts in Britain to see how medieval people used Latin and how this affected the language., Proceedings of the British Academy, For over 100 years this series has provided a unique record of British scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Each themed volume is a landmark in its field. For more information about the series and guidance on submitting a proposal for publication, please visit www.britishacademy.ac.uk/proceedings Book jacket., Latin continued to be used across Europe long after the end of the Roman Empire. This collection considers key issues arising from the use of Latin in Britain from the 6th to the 16th centuries. Latin in this period was not the native language of its users but was nevertheless used extensively for a wide variety of functions from religion, literature, and philosophy to record-keeping and correspondence. It existed alongside a number of everyday native spoken languages, including English, French, and Welsh. The chapters in this collection consider Latin with regard to the various contexts in which it was used, looking beyond narrow comparisons with its Roman ancestor to see what medieval users did with Latin and the changing effects this had on the language. The fifteen chapters by expert contributors are divided into three parts. The chapters of the first part consider important examples of Latin usage in Britain during four successive periods, the pre-Conquest period, the 12th century, the long 14th century, and the 15th and 16th centuries. In the second part, different spheres of use are considered, including the law, the church, music, and science. In the final part the use of Latin is considered alongside the many spoken native languages of medieval Britain, looking at how the languages had different roles and how they influenced each other. In all the many contexts in which Latin was used, this use reveals continuity matched with adaptation to circumstance, not least in the development of new vocabulary for the language. Between these two poles, users of Latin steered a course that suited their own needs and those of their intended audience.

LC Classification NumberPA2898