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What kind of language is Latin, and who is it for? Contrary to most accounts, this book tells the story of Latin as a language of ordinary people. Surveying the whole span of the language's history, it explores the evidence that exists for ordinary Latin around the Roman world, arguing that this material is just as worthy of readers' attention as the famous classics. Those classics are reassessed in the light of popular concerns, as works of art that evoke ancient, sustainable, and communal ways of living, encompassing broad and diverse traditions of readers through time.

And of course Latin lived on: this account revisits what happened to the language after the Roman empire, tracing its twin streams intellectual lingua franca and a series of Romance languages into the twenty-first century. What emerges is a human chain stretching back thousands of years and still in existence today, a story of workers and weavers, violets and roses, storytellers and musicians

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Introduction 1 The Latin of Ordinary People 2 The Classics 3 Latin to Romance Bibliography Index

Living Latin

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 8 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9781350377035
      978-1350377035
      ISBN-10 1350377031
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      What kind of language is Latin, and who is it for? Contrary to most accounts, this book tells the story of Latin as a language of ordinary people. Surveying the whole span of the language's history, it explores the evidence that exists for ordinary Latin around the Roman world, arguing that this material is just as worthy of readers' attention as the famous classics. Those classics are reassessed in the light of popular concerns, as works of art that evoke ancient, sustainable, and communal ways of living, encompassing broad and diverse traditions of readers through time.

      And of course Latin lived on: this account revisits what happened to the language after the Roman empire, tracing its twin streams intellectual lingua franca and a series of Romance languages into the twenty-first century. What emerges is a human chain stretching back thousands of years and still in existence today, a story of workers and weavers, violets and roses, storytellers and musicians

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1 The Latin of Ordinary People 2 The Classics 3 Latin to Romance Bibliography Index

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