Medieval Latin
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Medieval Latin is the form of the Latin language used in Europe roughly from the 5th to the 15th century, serving as the primary written and scholarly language of the medieval Christian world.
Aliases (2)
- Late Latin ×1
- Literary Latin ×1
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language form
→
lingua franca → scholarly language → variety of Latin → |
| developedFrom |
Late Latin
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|
| follows |
Late Latin
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|
| hasFeature |
Christian religious terminology
→
expanded vocabulary compared to Classical Latin → loanwords from vernacular languages → regional variation in spelling and usage → simplified syntax compared to Classical Latin → |
| influenced |
Romance languages
→
legal terminology in Europe → scholastic philosophy → scientific terminology → |
| influencedBy |
Celtic languages
→
Germanic languages → Greek → vernacular Romance languages → |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European languages
→
Italic languages → |
| parentLanguage |
Latin
→
|
| precedes |
Renaissance Latin
→
|
| primaryWrittenLanguageOf |
medieval Christian Europe
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|
| region |
Central Europe
→
Western Europe → parts of Eastern Europe → |
| usedAs |
language of administration
→
language of diplomacy → language of law → language of philosophy → language of scholarship → language of science → language of theology → liturgical language → |
| usedBy |
Roman Catholic Church
→
clerics → medieval universities → scholars → scribes → |
| usedFromCentury |
5th century
→
|
| usedIn |
canon law texts
→
charters and legal documents → medieval chronicles → scholastic treatises → university curricula and disputations → |
| usedInPeriod |
Middle Ages
→
|
| usedUntilCentury |
15th century
→
|
| writingSystem |
Latin alphabet
→
|
Referenced by (9)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Popular Latin
("Literary Latin")
→
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contrastedWith |
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Renaissance Latin
→
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contrastsWith |
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New Latin
→
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derivedFrom |
|
Renaissance Latin
→
|
developedFrom |
|
Popular Latin
→
|
distinctFrom |
|
New Latin
→
|
follows |
|
Latin
→
|
hasStage |
|
Iacomus
("Late Latin")
→
|
languageOfOrigin |
|
Ottonian dynasty
→
|
languageUsed |