Leonhardt, Jurgen, 1957-

Latin : story of a world language / Jurgen Leonhardt ; translated by Kenneth Kronenberg. - Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2013. - 1 online resource (349 p.) : ill.

Originally published as Latein: Geschichte einer Weltsprache, copyright (c) 2009 Verlag C.H. Beck oHG, Munich.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-320) and index.

Latin asWorld Language -- The Language Of The Empire -- Europe's Latin Millennium -- World Language Without A World -- Latin Today.


Preface is in English.

9780674726277 (ebook) 9780674058071


Latin language--History.
Latin language--Study and teaching--History.
Latin language--Technical Latin--History.
Latin language, Colloquial--History.
Latin language, Vulgar--History.
Latin literature--History.
Latin philology--History.