INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL LATIN STUDIES

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1 INTRODUCTION TO MEDIEVAL LATIN STUDIES A SYLLABUS AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL GUIDE by Martin R. P. McGuire, Ph.D. and Hermigild Dressier, O.F.M., Ph.D. Second Edition The Catholic University of America Press Washington, D.C. 1977

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Preface to the second edition Prefatory Note iii v Chapter I. INTRODUCTION 1 " II. THE HISTORY OF THE LATIN LANGUAGE TO THE END OF THE SECOND CENTURY A. D. 7 The Preliterary Period to 240 B. C. The Period of Early Latin The Golden Age of Latin Literature The Silver Age of Latin Literature The Period of Archaism on the History of the Latin Language on Reading Written Matter Aloud in Antiquity and Later III. THE PERIOD OF LATE LATIN: THE AGE OF TRANSITION FROM ANTIQUITY TO THE MIDDLE AGES; THE CONSTITUENT ELEMENTS OF MEDIEVAL LATIN c. A. D c. A. D The Classical Element on the Classical Element The Popular Element on the Popular Element The Christian Element on the Christian Element IV. THE PRE-CAROLINGIAN PERIOD: FROM BOETHIUS AND CASSIODORUS TO ALCUIN c c on the Pre-Carolingian Period vn

3 Italy Africa Spain Gaul The Irish and Anglo-Saxons The Latinity of Early Medieval Liturgies V. THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE: FROM THE ACCESSION OF CHARLEMAGNE TO THE DEATH OF CHARLES THE BALD The First Phase The Second Phase on the Carolingian Age on Types of Carolingian Learned Pursuits VI. LATIN FROM THE END OF THE CAROLINGIAN RENAISSANCE TO THE END OF THE TENTH CENTURY 149 The Immediate Successors of the Carolingians Schools and Writers in England German Centers and Writers - The Ottoman Renaissance French Centers and Writers Italian Centers and Writers VII. LATIN IN THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO c Southern Germany The Region of the Rhine, Lotharingia, Northern Germany

4 Northern and Southern Italy France Survey of Studies and Types of Latin Literary Pursuits in the Tenth and Eleventh Centuries Some Characteristic Features of Latin Prose Style and Their Development during these Centuries VIII. LATIN FROM THE LAST DECADES OF THE ELEVENTH CENTURY TO THE BEGINNINGS OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY RENAISSANCE 193 The Polemical Literature of the Investiture Controversies Literature Occasioned by the Berengarian Heresy Literature Occasioned by or Stimulated by the First Crusade and the Norman Expansion St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033/ ) on Some Contemporaries of St. Anselm IX. THE TWELFTH CENTURY RENAISSANCE 205 X. THE KNOWLEDGE OF GREEK IN THE WEST DURING LATE ANTIQUITY AND THE MIDDLE AGES 209 Some Persons Noted for their Knowledge of Greek during these Periods V XI. THE STUDY AND KNOWLEDGE OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES IN THE WEST IN THE MIDDLE AGES 217 XII. MEDIEVAL RHETORIC AND POETIC 223 IX

5 XIII. THE KNOWLEDGE AND INFLUENCE OF ANCIENT PAGAN AND CHRISTIAN AUTHORS IN THE MIDDLE AGES 227 XIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VERNACULAR LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES IN THE WEST DURING THE MIDDLE AGES 233 XV. THE HISTORY OF MEDIEVAL LATIN LITERATURE: ITS PRESENT STATUS AND ITS PROBLEMS 235 XVI. LATIN WRITING IN THE MIDDLE AGES 239 Some Highlights in the Progress of Paleography SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHIES 1. Collections of Sources and Related Works 245 General Guides Larger Special Collections 2. Bibliographical Guides and Works for General Background 252 Bibliographical Aids General Background and Reference Works and Articles 3. Dictionaries, Glossaries, IndicesVerborum and Related Works 261 General Larger Dictionaries and Glossaries Special Dictionaries, Concordances, Indices Verborum and Related Works Dictionaries of Place Names and Related Works f x

6 4. Encyclopedias, Encyclopedic Dictionaries and Related Works Medieval Latin Literature, Histories of Literature, Works Dealing with Literary Genres and Problems Grammar, Grammatical and Linguistic Theory arid Related Works 2/7 General Late and Medieval Latin Syntax, Style, Vocabulary Latin Orthography The Latin Accent and the Pronunciation of Latin 7. Medieval Rhetoric and Poetic 284 Bibliographical Guide Works dealing with Medieval Rhetoric and Poetic 8. The Medieval Artes: Ars Metrica, Ars Rithmica Ars Dictaminis, Ars Praedicandi 288 Bibliographical Guide The Artes 9. Medieval Education, Classical and Patristic Traditions, Humanism Medieval Political and Cultural History, Law, Liturgy, Religion 299 Political and Cultural History, Religion Law (Canon and Civil) Liturgy 11. Vernacular Languages and Literatures in Western Europe to c General j Old and Middle English Language and Literature Old French, Old Provencal, Old Italian, Old Spanish, Old Portuguese Languages and Literatures Old High German, Middle High German Language and Literature xi

7 Celtic Languages and Literatures Old Norse Language and Literature Old Saxon, Middle Low German, Old Frisian, Old Middle Dutch 12. Medieval Philosophy, Theology and the Spiritual Life Scripture and Exegesis 330 Bibliographical Aids Works and Articles 14. Art and Architecture in the West 334 Bibliographical Aids Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, Handbooks Works dealing with Medieval Art and Architecture 15. Medieval Aesthetics Medieval Music " 341 Bibliographical Aids Encyclopedias Manuscript Collections, Inventories and Related Works Works and Articles dealing with Medieval Music 17. The Sciences, Mathematics and Medicine in the West 345 Works and Articles on the Sciences and Mathematics Works and Article stealing with Medieval Medicine 18. The Patristic and the Medieval Book: Material, Preparation, Decoration, Publication 349 General The Ancient, Patristic and Medieval Book Materials Used in the Making of Books Preparation of the Ancient and Medieval Book Production of the Ancient and Medieval Book XII

8 19. Medieval Libraries and their Catalogues, Scriptoria, Manuscript Collections, Related Items 356 Medieval Libraries and Catalogues, Scriptoria Manuscript Collections, Descriptions, Studies 20. Paleography and Diplomatics 361 Bibliographical Works Works of Broad Paleographical Interest Works for General Introduction Smaller Collections of Facsimiles Larger Collections of Facsimiles Select List of Periodicals for Latin Paleography Suggested References for Diplomatics Suggested References on Editing Medieval Latin Texts ' 21. Select List of Periodicals for Medieval Latin Studies 373 Index of Ancient and Medieval Latin Authors and Works 383 Index of Modern Authors Index of Subject Matter 402 xm