Late Latin and Early Romance in Spain and Carolingian France

by Roger Wright

Late Latin and Early Romance presents a theory of the relationship between Latin and Romance during the period 400-1250. The central hypothesis is that what we now call 'Medieval Latin' was invented around 800 AD when Carolingian scholars standardised the pronunciation of liturgical texts, and that otherwise what was spoken was simply the local variety of Old French, Old Spanish, etc. Thus, the view generally held before the publication of this work,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 090520512X
• ISBN13: 9780905205120
• Release Date: December 1982
• Publisher: Francis Cairns Publications
• Length: 322 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.6"