Renaissance Latin

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Renaissance Latin is the form of Latin revived and used by European scholars, writers, and humanists during the Renaissance, characterized by a return to classical models and extensive use in literature, science, and scholarship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf form of Latin ⓘ
historical language stage ⓘ
avoids medieval Latin neologisms ⓘ
scholastic Latin style ⓘ
characterizedBy imitation of Cicero ⓘ
imitation of Virgil ⓘ
return to classical Latin models ⓘ
contrastsWith Medieval Latin ⓘ
developedFrom Medieval Latin ⓘ
emphasizes classical syntax ⓘ
classical vocabulary ⓘ
follows classical Latin norms ⓘ
geographicRegion England ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
linked to: Germania

Italy ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
influenced European literary culture ⓘ
European scientific terminology ⓘ
Neo-Latin ⓘ
linked to: New Latin
influencedBy Ciceronianism ⓘ
Italian Renaissance ⓘ
humanism ⓘ
standardizedBy humanist grammarians ⓘ
timePeriod 14th century ⓘ
15th century ⓘ
16th century ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ
usedAs language of diplomacy ⓘ
language of education ⓘ
language of international scholarship ⓘ
usedBy Erasmus of Rotterdam ⓘ
linked to: Desiderius Erasmus

European scholars ⓘ
Galileo Galilei ⓘ
Lorenzo Valla ⓘ
Nicolaus Copernicus ⓘ
Petrarch ⓘ
linked to: Francesco Petrarca

Thomas More ⓘ
humanists ⓘ
writers ⓘ
usedFor historical writing ⓘ
philosophical works ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
religious works ⓘ
scientific treatises ⓘ
usedIn literature ⓘ
scholarship ⓘ
science ⓘ
usedInPeriod Renaissance ⓘ

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Latin → hasStage → Renaissance Latin ⓘ
Medieval Latin → precedes → Renaissance Latin ⓘ
Commentaries on the Bible → language → Early Modern Latin ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin
Elegantiae linguae Latinae → associatedWith → Latin humanism ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin
Thesaurus linguae latinae → workExampleOf → Renaissance Latin lexicon ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin
Amores → hasInfluenced → Renaissance Latin poets ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin
Sylvae → subjectOf → Neo-Latin studies ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin
Sylvae → literaryTradition → Neo-Latin literature ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin
Poem 5 (Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus) → influenceOn → Renaissance Latin poetry ⓘ
linked to: Renaissance Latin