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This handbook of mediaeval Latin texts is designed for historians of the Middle Ages with some knowledge of Latin who wish to be able to read a wide range of original source material. The book contains examples of the writings of historians such as Bede, William of Malmesbury and Matthew Paris, charters, grants, deeds, wills, court rolls, manorial records and accounts, monastic cartularies, and texts from maps and monuments. Each text is accompanied by a grammatical and historical commentary, and all are provided with translations at the back of the book.
| ISBN | 0715628178 | | Pages | 224 | | ISBN13 | 9780715628171
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 360 | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Language | Latin, English | | Imprint | Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 235 | | Publication date | 28 May 1998 | | Width (mm) | 153 | | DEWEY | 478 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | |
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| | | Preface | | 7 | | 1 | | Introduction | | 11 | | | | Medieval Latin: the language | | 11 | | | | Medieval Latin: the content | | 15 | | 2 | | The Anglo-Saxon Period | | 23 | | 3 | | Grants, Deeds, and Other Legal and Ecclesiastical Documents | | 45 | | 4 | | Charters | | 73 | | 5 | | Court Rolls | | 91 | | 6 | | Domesday Book; Historians after 1066 | | 107 | | 7 | | Other Material | | 127 | | | | Maps | | 127 | | | | Monuments | | 135 | | | | Letters | | 141 | | 8 | | Resources | | 147 | | | | Translations | | 153 |
I recommend this to anyone with some basic grounding in Latin who wishes to learn about the language in the 'long Middle Ages' (from Gildas and Bede up to Erasmus and beyond). Each chapter is dedicated to a certain type of text (e.g. charters, chronicles, letters...) which introduces the main forms and uses of Latin text in the Middle Ages, whilst touching upon certain idioms and loan-words that creep into the language. Two points ought to be made however. 1) The book's title should more properly be 'Documents in Medieval Latin in the British Isles', although what is learned is of use to those studying other locales (I myself am interested in the Crusader States). 2) The book does not properly consider palaeography, although it does touch upon certain common contractions. - Kevin L Write a review
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