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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Medieval Latin canonical 16
Late Latin 1
Literary Latin 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical language form
lingua franca
scholarly language
variety of Latin
developedFrom Late Latin
follows Late Latin
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 language family
surface form: Indo-European languages

Italic languages
parentLanguage Latin
precedes Renaissance Latin
primaryWrittenLanguageOf medieval Christian Europe
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 Catholicism
surface form: 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

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Referenced by (18)

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

Latin hasStage Medieval Latin
Late Latin Iacomus languageOfOrigin Medieval Latin
subject surface form: Iacomus
this entity surface form: Late Latin
Popular Latin contrastedWith Medieval Latin
this entity surface form: Literary Latin
Popular Latin distinctFrom Medieval Latin
Ottonian dynasty languageUsed Medieval Latin
Renaissance Latin contrastsWith Medieval Latin
Renaissance Latin developedFrom Medieval Latin
New Latin follows Medieval Latin
New Latin derivedFrom Medieval Latin
Gonzalo etymologicalOriginLanguage Medieval Latin
Late Latin precedes Medieval Latin
Late Latin developedInto Medieval Latin
Classical Latin contrastedWith Medieval Latin
Classical Latin influenced Medieval Latin
Frankish Greece languageUsed Medieval Latin
Basarab I languageOfDiplomacy Medieval Latin
Giselbert languageOfUse Medieval Latin