Latin: Medieval Universal Language

Course goals

After finishing this course the successful students are able to:

• reproduce the development of Latin in medieval Europe
• to read, interprete and translate Latin source texts;
• to use and apply the scholarly apparatus (grammar, dictionary);
• to phrase acquired knowledge in written assignments.

Content

The course teaches the role of Latin as the most important language of communication in medieval Europe. The course traces the development of Latin in the former Roman provinces during the earlier Middle Ages (until c. 1000CE). We read source texts in Latin and partly also in translation that witness to these developments. Fixed part of the course pensum are Bede’s Historia ecclesiastica, Isidore of Seville’s Etymologiae and the late eighth-century Carolingian edict De litteris colendis.
 
 

Additional information

Please note: the time slot shown here is not yet final and may still be modified until the 3rd Wednesday in September. 

This course assumes knowledge of Latin at a deeper level (TL2V14003 or based on a diagnostic test; please contact the course coordinator for questions). Note that this course does NOT offer a systematic course in Latin grammar: the starting point for participants is basic knowledge of the Latin grammar (see also prior knowledge).

This course is part of the minor Latin Language and Culture in European Tradition.
 
Voor studenten LAS en TCS die deze cursus volgen als deel van het kernpakket van hun hoofdrichting geldt een verplichte voorbereiding. Informatie: https://tcs.sites.uu.nl/

Excursion: the manuscripts of the Utrecht UB.

This course is equivalent to the following courses:
Latijn: wereldtaal ME Europa (TL1V14006)
Latijn: Middeleeuwse wereldtaal (TL2V16001)

If you have already completed one of these courses, you may not take Latin: Medieval Universal Language due to too much overlap in content.