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De rationibus quibus homines docti artem Latine colloquendi et ex tempore dicendi saeculis XVI et XVII coluerunt

Terence O. Tunberg

Study of conversational Latin and ex tempore expression in Latin The use of Latin for conversation and ex tempore discourse was a significant element in the culture of learned people in the humanist age and the early modern era. This book explores that phenomenon and the considerable amount of evidence pertaining to it in the primary sources written in the period. The author takes into account the use of spoken Latin both inside and outside the academic world. Examining disputes over pronunciation and different views about ex tempore eloquence among Latin writers active in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the author shows that these ’conversations’ are not unrelated to much better known discussions and debates about the nature of Latin prose style and eloquence in an age when Latin was no one’s native language. The book thus reveals that understanding the role of conversation and ex tempore expression in Latin helps us to understand the early modern phenomenon of NeoLatin in general. All texts in this volume are in Latin.

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DE RATIONIBUS QUIBUS HOMINES DOCTI ARTEM LATINE COLLOQUENDI ET EX TEMPORE DICENDI SAECULIS XVI ET XVII COLUERUNT

TERENTIUS TUNBERG

LEUVEN UNIVERSITY PRESS

terence o. tunberg is Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Kentucky and is coDirector of the University of Kentucky Institute for Latin Studies. He is a member of the Academia Latinitati Fovendae.

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dirk sacré is Professor of Latin and NeoLatin at the University of Leuven. gilbert tournoy is Emeritus Professor of Classical, Mediaeval and Renaissance Latin at the University of Leuven. monique mund-dopchie is Emeritus Professor of Ancient Greek Literature and History of Humanism at the Catholic University of LouvainlaNeuve (ucl). jan papy is Research Professor of NeoLatin Literature and Renaissance Humanism at the University of Leuven. lambert isebaert is Professor of Latin and Linguistics at the Catholic University of LouvainlaNeuve (ucl).

Humanistica Lovaniensia Journal of NeoLatin Studies. Volume LXI – 2012

Editorial Board: Dirk Sacré (General Editor), Gilbert Tournoy, Monique MundDopchie, Jan Papy & Lambert Isebaert

Leading journal in the field of Renaissance and modern Latin As well as presenting articles on NeoLatin topics, the annual journal Humanistica Lovaniensia is a major source for critical editions of NeoLatin texts with translations and commentaries. Its systematic bibliography of NeoLatin studies (Instrumentum bibliographicum Neolatinum), accompanied by critical notes, is the standard annual bibliography of publications in the field. The journal is fully indexed (names, mss., NeoLatin neologisms).

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