Colloquies
Scott Gwara
Abstract As a genre, “Colloquies” differ from expository or debate dialogues. The term describes conversations meant either to convey abstruse learning as practice for second‐language fluency. In late antiquity colloquy exercises circulated with glossaries, which were consulted synonyms. the Carolingian period these dialogues and glossaries edited use in monastic schools, teaching Latin non‐native speakers. Transmitted Cornwall Wales tenth century, this resource was quickly adopted expanded by Ælfric of Eynsham his student Bata.
The Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain