Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth-Century England, Volume II: Glosses

by Tony Hunt

Here at last is the first systematic study of the teaching and learning of Latin in thirteenth century England based on evidence from nearly 200 manuscripts where the text has been glossed in the vernacular. These glosses providethe key to discovering the linguistic competence and interest of students at an elementary level: men and women who needed a working knowledge of Latin for practical purposes. The received view that Latin was the exclusive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0859913384
• ISBN13: 9780859913386
• Release Date: December 1991
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 181 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"