The Insular Latin grammarians
Vivien Law
The adaptation of Late Latin grammars from the schools Roman Empire for use in a foreign Christian society culminated British Isles 7th and 8th centuries development two distinct types grammar designed respectively elementary more advanced students. These works, whether they take form elaborate commentaries on classical grammarians, or simple collections paradigms, reflect reading intellectual preoccupations their authors, first teachers West to face problem large-scale formal foreign-language teaching. influence Insular grammarians extended far beyond own time: taken Continent by Irish Anglo-Saxon missionaries, shaped both latinity pedagogical technique pupils Carolingians, teaching has persisted until our time.