Teaching and Learning Latin in Thirteenth Century England, Volume Two

Based on nearly 200 manuscripts containing vernacular glosses, this is part of a study of the teaching aids which constituted the set-texts of Latin instruction in 13th-century England. This volume comprises the glosses corresponding to the texts of volume 1.

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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 language of the schoolroom is shown to be mistaken and the exhaustive recording of the vernacular glosses provides a hitherto untapped source of lexical materials in French and Middle English. Teaching and Learning Latin is destined to become an essential source-book for medievalists interested in language, literacy and culture.