12 Facts About Middle Latin

Middle Latin functioned as the main medium of scholarly exchange, as the liturgical language of the Church, and as the working language of science, literature, law, and administration.

The Romance languages spoken in the Middle Ages were often referred to as Latin, since the Romance languages were all descended from Vulgar Latin itself.

Medieval Middle Latin had an enlarged vocabulary, which freely borrowed from other sources.

Middle Latin was spread to areas such as Ireland and Germany, where Romance languages were not spoken, and which had never known Roman rule.

Works written in those lands where Middle Latin was a learned language, having no relation to the local vernacular, influenced the vocabulary and syntax of medieval Middle Latin.

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Whereas Middle Latin had no definite or indefinite articles, medieval writers sometimes used forms of unus as an indefinite article, and forms of ille as a definite article or even quidam as something like an article.

The accusative and infinitive construction in classical Middle Latin was often replaced by a subordinate clause introduced by quod or quia.

Medieval Middle Latin had ceased to be a living language and was instead a scholarly language of the minority of educated men in medieval Europe, used in official documents more than for everyday communication.

Also, many undistinguished scholars had limited education in "proper" Middle Latin, or had been influenced in their writings by Vulgar Middle Latin.

Corpus of medieval Middle Latin literature encompasses a wide range of texts, including such diverse works as sermons, hymns, hagiographical texts, travel literature, histories, epics, and lyric poetry.

Medieval Middle Latin was separated from Classical Middle Latin around 800 and at this time was no longer considered part of the everyday language.

One of Middle Latin's purposes, writing, was still in practice; the main uses being charters for property transactions and to keep track of the pleadings given in court.