http://language-latin.com/why-was-it-important-to-be-able-to-read-write-and-speak-latin-during-the-renaissance.html Find out about the language of Latin online. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:13:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://language-latin.com/why-was-it-important-to-be-able-to-read-write-and-speak-latin-during-the-renaissance.html/comment-page-1#comment-1438 aida Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:07:01 +0000 http://language-latin.com/why-was-it-important-to-be-able-to-read-write-and-speak-latin-during-the-renaissance.html#comment-1438 It was the international language of diplomacy and scholarship. In addition, while it had occupied much of that role through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance was a time of rediscovery of classical culture that included Greek as well as Latin. It was the international language of diplomacy and scholarship. In addition, while it had occupied much of that role through the Middle Ages, the Renaissance was a time of rediscovery of classical culture that included Greek as well as Latin.

]]> http://language-latin.com/why-was-it-important-to-be-able-to-read-write-and-speak-latin-during-the-renaissance.html/comment-page-1#comment-1439 Howard H Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:07:01 +0000 http://language-latin.com/why-was-it-important-to-be-able-to-read-write-and-speak-latin-during-the-renaissance.html#comment-1439 Very little was written in the vernacular, and you had a choice between translations of Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic into Latin, Latin books, or nothing. Very little was written in the vernacular, and you had a choice between translations of Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic into Latin, Latin books, or nothing.

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