Hi all !
My question is how different are the classical version of the latin language and the medieval one ? I know that medieval latin varies from country to country so I will specify that I'm talking about medieval latin in England ( Britain ).
I'm asking becouse I'm currently studying the english medieaval latin and I have never studied classical latin before. I know that medieval latin was derived from vulgar latin but I don't know much about it else from it was spread to the foreign provinces by the soldiers. I don't know how related is it to the true latin. Therefore with the knowledge of medieval latin will I be able to understand the language of the late Roman republic and empire or not ?
I'm looking for both dictionary and grammar and further explanations would help.

I want to learn Latin in order to have the foundations to ease the learning of the romance languages. If I learn Latin though, I would obviously want to read some great works in Latin (or at least try, lol). So, is there a distinction? I ask because im under the impression that vulgar Latin is the root of the romance languages, but that it differs from written Latin. So...I want to learn Latin: Where do I start?