Renaissance Latin

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Renaissance Latin is the form of Latin revived and used by European scholars, writers, and humanists during the Renaissance, characterized by a return to classical models and extensive use in literature, science, and scholarship.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Early Modern Latin 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf form of Latin
historical language stage
avoids medieval Latin neologisms
scholastic Latin style
characterizedBy imitation of Cicero
imitation of Virgil
return to classical Latin models
contrastsWith Medieval Latin
developedFrom Medieval Latin
emphasizes classical syntax
classical vocabulary
follows classical Latin norms
geographicRegion England
France
Germania
surface form: Germany

Italy
Western Europe
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet
influenced European literary culture
European scientific terminology
New Latin
surface form: Neo-Latin
influencedBy Renaissance humanism
surface form: Ciceronianism

Venetian Renaissance
surface form: Italian Renaissance

humanism
standardizedBy humanist grammarians
timePeriod 14th century
15th century
16th century
early 17th century
usedAs language of diplomacy
language of education
language of international scholarship
usedBy Desiderius Erasmus
surface form: Erasmus of Rotterdam

European scholars
Galileo Galilei
Lorenzo Valla
Nicolaus Copernicus
Francesco Petrarca
surface form: Petrarch

Thomas More
humanists
writers
usedFor historical writing
philosophical works
poetry
religious works
scientific treatises
usedIn literature
scholarship
science
usedInPeriod Renaissance

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Latin hasStage Renaissance Latin
Commentaries on the Bible language Renaissance Latin
this entity surface form: Early Modern Latin
Medieval Latin precedes Renaissance Latin