Latin for Local History:An IntroductionDescription |
Latin for Local History provides a self-teaching guide for those historians who wish to tackle the language in which the majority of pre-eighteenth century historical records have been written. It is unique in dealing only with Latin found in historical records of the medieval period. Practice material and exercises are provided in the form of documents most commonly encountered by the historian in their research - deeds, charters, court rolls, accounts, bishops' registers and so on.  |
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Table of Contents |
1. Introduction: do, terra
2. Cases; dominus, filus, filia
3. Second-declension neuterspratum, messuagium, gender
4. Adjectives: declension and agreement; predictus, dedi
5. Hic; past perfect;confirmo
6. Second declension, cont,magister; noster; prepositions ( in, etc.)
7. Pronouns;ullus, alter, is etc.
8. Meus, suus,eius
9. Qui, que, quod; second conjugation;habeo
10. Third declension nouns and adjectives
11. Fourth and fifth declensions
12. Participles, past and future, formation; use of future participle
13. Future tense; ego
14. Past (perfect) and future perfect
15. Present and past participles; ablative absolute
16. Comparision of adjectives and adverbs; verb 'to be' court rolls
17. Passive verbs; deponents; semi-deponents
18. Infinitives; accusative and infinitive construction
19. The subjunctive; formation and uses (1)
20. Uses of the subjunctive (2)
21. The gerund: formation and uses; the gerundive: formation and uses (1) and (2)
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