This handbook is a study of Latin literature, including not only the classical and post-classical pagan authors, but also a representative selection of the Chri

This Handbook brings together essays from an impressive group of well-established and emerging scholars from all around the world, to show the many different ty

The twenty-eight essays in this handbook represent the best current thinking in the study of Latin language and literature in the Middle Ages. Contributing auth

This history of Latin literature offers a comprehensive survey of the 1000 year period from the origins of Latin as a written language to the early Middle Ages.

Latin was for many centuries the common literary language of Europe, and Latin literature of immense range, stylistic power and social and political significanc