Latin literature

The literature of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire written in the Latin language. The periods of Latin literature are conventionally divided into "Golden" Latin, or Golden Age, which covers approximately the period from the start of the first century BC up to the mid-first century AD, and Silver Latin, which covers the remainder of the Classical period. Anything after the mid-second century comes under the blanket description of "late" Latin literature, and tends to be studied for the light it sheds on the development of Latin into the Romance languages rather than for its literary merit (though there are exceptions, e.g. Augustine of Hippo.)

Mediæval and Christian Latin literature

:Pierre Abélard

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:Aetheria

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:Albertus Magnus

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:St Thomas Aquinas : Pange Lingua : Summa Theologica

Related Topics:
Thomas Aquinas - Pange Lingua - Summa Theologica

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:The Archpoet

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:Bede

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:Carmina Burana

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:Cenodoxus

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:Geoffrey of Monmouth

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:Gildas

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:Goliards

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:Gregory of Tours

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:Hiberno-Latin

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:St Isidore of Seville : Etymologiæ

Related Topics:
Isidore of Seville - Etymologiæ

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:St Jerome : Vulgate

Related Topics:
Jerome - Vulgate

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:Peter of Blois

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:Petrarch

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:Thomas of Celæno : Dies Iræ

Related Topics:
Thomas of Celæno - Dies Iræ

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:Venantius Fortunatus

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:Walter of Châtillon

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