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Latin Literatures of Medieval and Early Modern Times in Europe and Beyond: A millennium heritage
Edited by Francesco Stella
[Comparative History of Literatures in European Languages XXXIV] 2024
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Chapter 8
Ireland, Scotland, Wales

| University of Galway
This chapter examines the historical significance of the Latin language in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales during the medieval period. It provides a historical overview of the linguistic and cultural connections between these regions, surveying the arrival of Latin literary culture and the subsequent development of native Latin scholarship, most notably in the fields of grammar, computistics, biblical exegesis, and hagiography. The chapter also gives a summary account of the characteristic features of Hiberno-Latin in particular, with regard to phonology and orthography, vocabulary, morphology, syntax, and stylistics.
Keywords: Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Scoti, Patrick, Adomnán, Hisperica Famina, Columbanus, Eriugena, Gerald of Wales, Hiberno-Latin, Insular Latin
Article outline
  • Historical overview
  • Latinity
  • Conclusion
  • References
Published online: 2 July 2024
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