Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- II.21 Gerald of Wales
- II.22 Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
- II.23 Scientific Teaching of the Twelfth Century
- II.24 Matthew Paris, The Major Chronicles: King John Offers His Kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco
- II.25 Magna Carta
- II.26 Roger de Montbegon: a Life in Administrative Documents
- II.27 Edmund of Abingdon
- II.28 The Study of Latin and Other Languages
- II.29 A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
- II.30 The 1297 Visitation of Chiswick Church by the Authorities of St Paul’s Cathedral
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
II.28 - The Study of Latin and Other Languages
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Foreword
- List of Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Eleventh Century
- Twelfth Century
- Thirteenth Century
- II.21 Gerald of Wales
- II.22 Jocelin of Brakelond, The Chronicle of the Deeds of Abbot Samson
- II.23 Scientific Teaching of the Twelfth Century
- II.24 Matthew Paris, The Major Chronicles: King John Offers His Kingdom to the Caliph of Morocco
- II.25 Magna Carta
- II.26 Roger de Montbegon: a Life in Administrative Documents
- II.27 Edmund of Abingdon
- II.28 The Study of Latin and Other Languages
- II.29 A Miracle Associated with St John of Beverley: a Boy Falls from the Minster Roof
- II.30 The 1297 Visitation of Chiswick Church by the Authorities of St Paul’s Cathedral
- Fourteenth Century
- Fifteenth Century
- Select Bibliography for Volume II
- General Index
- Index of Passages Cited
Summary
John of Garland, Alexander Neckam and Roger Bacon were three great writers of the thirteenth century who all wrote on various aspects of Latin language and culture, and of the importance of, and ways of, learning Latin. Garland and Neckam wrote imaginative lexicographical works, teaching Latin words by reference to everyday life and vernacular words. Roger Bacon wrote many learned works on numerous subjects and believed in the necessity of learning foreign languages, primarly Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic in order to study the Bible and sciences.
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- The Cambridge Anthology of British Medieval Latin , pp. 267 - 283Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024