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Latin, or, The empire of a sign : from the sixteenth to the twentieth century / Françoise Waquet ; translated by John Howe.
Van Pelt Library PA2902 .W3713 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Waquet, Françoise.
- Standardized Title:
- Latin, ou, L'empire d'un signe. English
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Latin language, Medieval and modern--History.
- Latin language, Medieval and modern.
- History.
- Latin language, Medieval and modern--Europe--History.
- Latin language--Study and teaching--Europe--History.
- Latin language.
- Liturgical language--Latin--History.
- Liturgical language.
- Humanists.
- Liturgical language--Latin.
- Latin language--Study and teaching.
- Europe--Intellectual life.
- Europe.
- Intellectual life.
- Humanists--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- vi, 346 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Empire of a sign
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Verso, 2001.
- Contents:
- Part I "The European Sign" 5
- 1 "Latin Country": School 7
- 2 The "Latin Stronghold": the Church 41
- 3 Latin Scholarship 80
- 4 A Familiar World 100
- Part II Standards and Ability 119
- 5 Written Latin 124
- 6 Oral Latin 152
- Part III What Latin Meant 173
- 7 Making the Man 178
- 8 "Class" 207
- 9 The Power to Say and to Conceal 230
- 10 Yearning for the Universal 257.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1859846157
- OCLC:
- 46472141
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