Name: Latin: Or, the Empire of a Sign
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Author: Waquet, Françoise ; Howe, John
ISBN: 9781804290491

Type

Physical Book

Author

Francoise Waquet

Translated by

John Howe

Publisher

Verso

Language

English

Pages

368

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.2 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm

Weight

0.44 kg.

ISBN13

9781804290491

Synopsis "Latin: Or, the Empire of a Sign"

A highly original and accessible history of Latin between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries For almost three centuries, Latin dominated the civic and sacred worlds of Europe and, arguably, the entire western world. From the moment in the sixteenth century when it was adopted by the Humanists as the official language for schools and by the Catholic Church as the common liturgical language, it was the way in which millions of children were taught, people prayed to God, and scholars were educated. Francoise Waquet's history of Latin between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries is a highly original and accessible exploration of the institutional contexts in which the language was adopted. It goes on to consider what this conferring of power and influence on Latin meant in practice. Among the questions Waquet investigates are: What privileges were, and are still, accorded to those who claim to have studied Latin? Can Latin as a subject for study be anything more than purely linguistic or does it reveal a far more complex heritage? Has Latin's deeply embedded cultural legacy already given way to a nostalgic exoticism? Latin: A Symbol's Empire is a valuable work of reference, but also an important piece of cultural history: the story of a language that became a symbol with its own, highly significant empire.

John Howe

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He is one of the main and most recognized illustrators of Tolkien's work. He has participated in the creation of the popular Tolkien calendars and designed numerous related products. His work has also been used for posters commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit and for those of the centenary of Tolkien's birth, as well as for the dust jackets of the latest editions of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. Howe has also collaborated in the artistic design of the film adaptation of the trilogy.

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