Medievalists.net » Grammar http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Latin Grammar in the Cathedral School: Fulbert of Chartres, Bonipert of Pécs, and the Way of a Lost Priscian Manuscript http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/latin-grammar-cathedral-school-fulbert-chartres-bonipert-pecs-way-lost-priscian-manuscript/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/latin-grammar-cathedral-school-fulbert-chartres-bonipert-pecs-way-lost-priscian-manuscript/#comments Mon, 01 Dec 2014 03:24:38 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=54532 The starting point of the classical tradition in medieval Hungary is marked by a letter written by Bishop Fulbert of Chartres in Northern France to Bishop Bonipert of Pécs in Southern Hungary.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/11/30/latin-grammar-cathedral-school-fulbert-chartres-bonipert-pecs-way-lost-priscian-manuscript/feed/ 0 The status of French in medieval England: evidence from the use of object pronoun syntax http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/the-status-of-french-in-medieval-england-evidence-from-the-use-of-object-pronoun-syntax/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/the-status-of-french-in-medieval-england-evidence-from-the-use-of-object-pronoun-syntax/#comments Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:56:11 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25479 The status of French in medieval England: evidence from the use of object pronoun syntax Ingham, Richard (UCE Birmingham) Vox Romanica 65 (2006) Abstract The special status of Anglo-Norman (AN) in relation to continental French has recently been subject to renewed debate, one perspective emphasising its sui generis status as a second language in England […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/15/the-status-of-french-in-medieval-england-evidence-from-the-use-of-object-pronoun-syntax/feed/ 0 Hrotsvit of Gandersheim: Her Works and Their Messages http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/hrotsvit-of-gandersheim-her-works-and-their-messages/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/hrotsvit-of-gandersheim-her-works-and-their-messages/#comments Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:24:33 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=25175 Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, a poetess and playwright during the tenth century, created a body of work that both reflected and instructed people in her society.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/09/08/hrotsvit-of-gandersheim-her-works-and-their-messages/feed/ 0 Classroom commentaries : teaching the Poetria nova across medieval and Renaissance Europe http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/classroom-commentaries-teaching-the-poetria-nova-across-medieval-and-renaissance-europe/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/classroom-commentaries-teaching-the-poetria-nova-across-medieval-and-renaissance-europe/#comments Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:13:24 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24479 Classroom commentaries : teaching the Poetria nova across medieval and Renaissance Europe Curry Woods, Marjorie (The University of Texas at Austin) The Ohio State University Press (2010) Abstract Sometime during the late twelfth century, Galfridus (or Galfredus or Gamfredus or Ganfredus or Gualterus) de Vino Salvo, an Englishman who had studied rhetoric at Paris, returned […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/24/classroom-commentaries-teaching-the-poetria-nova-across-medieval-and-renaissance-europe/feed/ 0 Ludi Magister: The Play of Tudor School and Stage http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/18/ludi-magister-the-play-of-tudor-school-and-stage/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/18/ludi-magister-the-play-of-tudor-school-and-stage/#comments Thu, 18 Aug 2011 22:45:45 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24297 Ludi Magister: The Play of Tudor School and Stage Sullivan, Paul Vincent (The University of Texas at Austin) PhD Thesis, The University of Texas at Austin (2005) Abstract The humanist teaching of rhetoric in early Tudor grammar schools employed dramatic play in several forms, inculcating habits of artful impersonation broadly and deeply across English culture. The […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/18/ludi-magister-the-play-of-tudor-school-and-stage/feed/ 0 The Place of Metrics in Anglo-Saxon Latin Education: Aldhelm and Bede http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/17/the-place-of-metrics-in-anglo-saxon-latin-education-aldhelm-and-bede/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/17/the-place-of-metrics-in-anglo-saxon-latin-education-aldhelm-and-bede/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 20:30:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=24238 The Place of Metrics in Anglo-Saxon Latin Education: Aldhelm and Bede Ruff, Carin (John Carroll University) Journal of English and Germanic Philology, Vol. 104:2 (2005) Abstract The Anglo-Saxons are well known for having been pioneers in teaching Latin as a foreign language and in developing materials for elementary Latin instruction to supplement the grammars they […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/08/17/the-place-of-metrics-in-anglo-saxon-latin-education-aldhelm-and-bede/feed/ 0 Seventh Annual ASSC Graduate Student Conference – “Crisis of Categorization” http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/17/seventh-annual-assc-graduate-student-conference-%e2%80%9ccrisis-of-categorization%e2%80%9d/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/17/seventh-annual-assc-graduate-student-conference-%e2%80%9ccrisis-of-categorization%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 23:36:07 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=17165 SESSION 1: Transhistorical Anglo-Saxon England “Where They Please: The Punctuation of Old English Poetry” Eric Weiskott (Yale University) This paper examined the use of the exclamation mark in Old English grammar. The use of the exclamation mark began in late 14th century Italy but its use was erratic. Exclamation marks were also known as “screamers”. […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/02/17/seventh-annual-assc-graduate-student-conference-%e2%80%9ccrisis-of-categorization%e2%80%9d/feed/ 0 Middle English and Anglo-Norman in Contact http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/31/middle-english-and-anglo-norman-in-contact/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/31/middle-english-and-anglo-norman-in-contact/#comments Mon, 31 Jan 2011 06:51:23 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16299 Middle English and Anglo-Norman in Contact Ingham, Richard (Birmingham City University) ENGLISH LITERARY SOCIETY OF JAPAN CONFERENCE, TOKYO UNIVERSITY, MAY (2009) Abstract Anglo-Norman: some ‘internet myths’ 1. ‘Anglo-Normans had an active command of Middle English, which had become, by the end of the twelfth century, their first language. From the 1160s, vernacular French had been declining and […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/31/middle-english-and-anglo-norman-in-contact/feed/ 0 Genitives and other Cases in Old Norse-Icelandic http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/30/genitives-and-other-cases-in-old-norse-icelandic/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/30/genitives-and-other-cases-in-old-norse-icelandic/#comments Sun, 30 Jan 2011 21:22:02 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=16221 Genitives and other Cases in Old Norse-Icelandic Norsk Lingvistisk Tidsskrift · Årgang 28 · (2010) Barðdal, Jóhanna (University of Bergen) Abstract 1 Diachronic Predictions One of the questions raised when reading Ellen Hellebostad Toft’s dissertation relates to whether, and what kind of, diachronic predictions may be derived from her synchronic analyses of the genitive in Old […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/30/genitives-and-other-cases-in-old-norse-icelandic/feed/ 0 Grammar and Her Children: Learning to Read in the Art of the Twelfth Century http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/11/grammar-and-her-children-learning-to-read-in-the-art-of-the-twelfth-century/ http://www.medievalists.net/2011/01/11/grammar-and-her-children-learning-to-read-in-the-art-of-the-twelfth-century/#comments Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:49:48 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=15244 Grammar and Her Children: Learning to Read in the Art of the Twelfth Century Cleaver, Laura Marginalia, Vol. 9, (2009) Abstract The inclusion of the liberal arts in the sculptural programmes of a handful of twelfth-century French church façades proclaimed the importance of education as a means of understanding God and his creation. The arts of […]

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