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Latin Intermediate is open to all students whose level is above Beginner, i.e., who have already mastered most of Latin morphology and have at least a basic knowledge of syntax, and who would like to improve their skills in reading and interpreting Medieval Latin. The main aim of the course is to offer the students a chance to get acquainted with and explore Postclassical Latin as represented in the late fourth-century pilgrimage account known as the Peregrinatio Egeriae ad loca sancta. We will read, translate, and analyze a representative selection of passages from Egeria’s travelogue. All throughout the semester, the translation of the texts will be accompanied by a detailed linguistic commentary meant to identify the specifically postclassical features of the language as well as by a cultural introduction meant to place the readings in their intellectual context so as to foster their better understanding.

Late antique and medieval philosophy & theology