Latin, or, The empire of a sign : from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries / Françoise Waquet; translated by John Howe.

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London : Verso, 2002.

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23307

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Latin language, Medieval and modern -- History.

Liturgical language -- Latin -- History.

Intellectuals -- Europe -- Language.

Latin language, Medieval -- Usage -- History.

Language and culture -- Europe -- History.

Latin language -- Study and teaching.

Contents:

Part I. The European sign: 1. Latin country: school

2. The Latin stronghold: the Church

3. Latin scholarship

4. A familiar world

Part II. Standards and ability: Introduction

5. Written Latin

6. Oral Latin

Part III. What Latin meant: Introduction

7. Making the man

8. Class

9. The power to say and to conceal

10. Yearning for the universal.

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9781859844021

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vi, 346 p.