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Title: Excited to see this compendium
Review: I was looking for a primer on Medieval Latin at my University library and ran across this one. I am only a first semester Latin student (I am working on an M.A. in history), and my primary interest is Medieval Asia Minor and the Crusades, thus my need for Medieval Latin. It is preposterous to denigrate this book as not being for beginners... One would naturally need a background in classical Latin (two years at least) before tackling the complexity of the Medieval Latin. As per the lack of ecclesastical Latin in the volume, you can get that in other specific primers dealing the ecclesisatical language. I am especially impressed with the inclusion of excerpts from Luitprand of Cremona's account of his time in Constantinople. The specific intro. on the changes in the language itself were also quite useful. Overall, a very good introduction to the subject.
