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'''Anglo-Latin literature''' is [[literature]] from [[Great Britain|Britain]] originally written in [[Latin]]. It includes literature written in Latin from parts of Britain which were not in England or English-speaking: "[[Anglo]]-" is used here as a prefix meaning British rather than English.
'''Anglo-Latin literature''' is [[literature]] from originally written in [[Latin]] and produced in [[England]] or other English-speaking parts of [[British Isles|Britain and Ireland]]. More loosely, the term might include literature written in Latin from parts of Britain which were not in England or English-speaking, where "[[Anglo]]-" would be under to mean "British" rather than simply "English".{{citationneeded}}


==Authors and style==
==Authors and style==
[[Chronicle]]rs such as [[Bede]] (672/3–735), with his {{lang|la|[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]}}, and [[Gildas]] (c. 500–570), with his ''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]'', were figures in the development of indigenous [[Latin literature]], mostly ecclesiastical, in the centuries following the withdrawal of the [[Roman Empire]] around the year 410.
[[Chronicle]]rs such as [[Bede]] (672/3–735), with his {{lang|la|[[Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum]]}}, and [[Gildas]] (c. 500–570), with his ''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]'', were figures in the development of indigenous [[Latin literature]], mostly ecclesiastical, in the centuries following the withdrawal of the [[Roman Empire]] around the year 410.


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The {{Lang|la|[[Vita Sancti Cuthberti (anonymous)|Vita Sancti Cuthberti]]}} ({{Circa|699}}–705) is the first piece of Northumbrian Latin writing and the earliest piece of English Latin hagiography.<ref>{{citation | last = Love | first = R. C. | contribution = Hagiography | editor-last= Lapidge |editor-first= Michael | editor2-last = Blair | editor2-first = John | editor3-last = Keynes | editor3-first = Simon | editor3-link = Simon Keynes | editor4-last = Scragg | editor4-first = Donald | display-editors = 3| title= The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England |year= 1999 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |location= Oxford |isbn= 978-0-631-22492-1| page= 226| doi = 10.1002/9781118316061.ch8}}</ref> The ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'' composed in the 9th century is traditionally ascribed to [[Nennius]]. It is the earliest source which presents [[King Arthur]] as a historical figure, and is the source of several stories which were repeated and amplified by later authors.
[[Adomnán]]'s (627/8–704) most important work is the ''[[Vita Columbae]]'', a hagiography of [[Columba]], and the most important surviving work written in early medieval Scotland. It is a vital source for knowledge of the [[Picts]], as well as an insight into the life of [[Iona Abbey]] and the early medieval Gaelic monks. The life of Columba contains a story that has been interpreted as the first reference to the [[Loch Ness Monster]].

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Written just after or possibly contemporarily with Adomnán's ''Vita Columbae'', the {{Lang|la|[[Vita Sancti Cuthberti (anonymous)|Vita Sancti Cuthberti]]}} ({{Circa|699}}–705) is the first piece of Northumbrian Latin writing and the earliest piece of English Latin hagiography.<ref>{{citation | last = Love | first = R. C. | contribution = Hagiography | editor-last= Lapidge |editor-first= Michael | editor2-last = Blair | editor2-first = John | editor3-last = Keynes | editor3-first = Simon | editor3-link = Simon Keynes | editor4-last = Scragg | editor4-first = Donald | display-editors = 3| title= The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England |year= 1999 |publisher=Blackwell Publishing |location= Oxford |isbn= 978-0-631-22492-1| page= 226| doi = 10.1002/9781118316061.ch8}}</ref> The ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'' composed in the 9th century is traditionally ascribed to [[Nennius]]. It is the earliest source which presents [[King Arthur]] as a historical figure, and is the source of several stories which were repeated and amplified by later authors.


In the 10th century the [[hermeneutic style]] became dominant, but post-[[Norman conquest|conquest]] writers such as [[William of Malmesbury]] condemned it as barbarous.
In the 10th century the [[hermeneutic style]] became dominant, but post-[[Norman conquest|conquest]] writers such as [[William of Malmesbury]] condemned it as barbarous.

Revision as of 21:25, 20 April 2024

Anglo-Latin literature is literature from originally written in Latin and produced in England or other English-speaking parts of Britain and Ireland. More loosely, the term might include literature written in Latin from parts of Britain which were not in England or English-speaking, where "Anglo-" would be under to mean "British" rather than simply "English".[citation needed]

Authors and style

Chroniclers such as Bede (672/3–735), with his Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, and Gildas (c. 500–570), with his De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae, were figures in the development of indigenous Latin literature, mostly ecclesiastical, in the centuries following the withdrawal of the Roman Empire around the year 410.

The Vita Sancti Cuthberti (c. 699–705) is the first piece of Northumbrian Latin writing and the earliest piece of English Latin hagiography.[1] The Historia Brittonum composed in the 9th century is traditionally ascribed to Nennius. It is the earliest source which presents King Arthur as a historical figure, and is the source of several stories which were repeated and amplified by later authors.

In the 10th century the hermeneutic style became dominant, but post-conquest writers such as William of Malmesbury condemned it as barbarous.

See also

Early medieval

High medieval

Late medieval and renaissance

Modern literature

See also

References

  1. ^ Love, R. C. (1999), "Hagiography", in Lapidge, Michael; Blair, John; Keynes, Simon; et al. (eds.), The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Anglo-Saxon England, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, p. 226, doi:10.1002/9781118316061.ch8, ISBN 978-0-631-22492-1

Further reading

  • Carlson, David (2011). "Anglo-Latin literature in the later Middle Ages". In Andrew Galloway (ed.). The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 195–216. doi:10.1017/CCOL9780521856898.010. ISBN 9780511975646.
  • Echard, Siân; Gernot R. Wieland, eds. (2001). Anglo-Latin and its heritage: essays in honour of A.G. Rigg on his 64th birthday. Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin 4. Vol. 4. Turnhout: Brepols. doi:10.1484/M.PJML-EB.6.09070802050003050008030802. ISBN 2503508383.
  • Lapidge, Michael (1993). Anglo-Latin literature, 900–1066. London: Hambledon Press. ISBN 1852850124.
  • Lapidge, Michael (1996). Anglo-Latin literature, 600–899. London: Hambledon Press. ISBN 1852850116.
  • Rigg, A.G. (1992). A History of Anglo-Latin Literature, 1066–1422. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0521415942.
  • Rigg, A.G. (1996). "Anglo-Latin". In Timothy J. McGee (ed.). Singing Early Music: The Pronunciation of European Languages in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 46–61. ISBN 0253210267.
  • Sharpe, Richard (1997). A handlist of the Latin writers of Great Britain and Ireland before 1540. Publications of the Journal of Medieval Latin. Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN 2503505759. Reprinted with a supplement in 2001.
  • Stephenson, Rebecca; Thornbury, Victoria, eds. (2016). Latinity and Identity in Anglo-Saxon Literature. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press. ISBN 9781442637580.
  • White, Carolinne (2002). "Medieval senses of classical words". Peritia. 16: 131–143. doi:10.1484/J.Peri.3.482.
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