RUNNING HEADER: Historical

Historical Foundations
Lisa Sayeh
American InterContinental University

RUNNING HEADER: Historical
Abstract
In the Twelfth century Latin was revered as the language of the times. Spreading to different sections of the population resulted in different dialects that became unrecognizable to everyone. Later in the century there were few people who were considered to be literate and they are the ones who help higher positions.

RUNNING HEADER: Historical Latin language was the way of communication in the Twelfth century, having a higher demand for communication and the official language of the government, business, education and religion within Western France. With Latin being the living language of the times borrowing dialects from other areas, made it harder for locals in one area to be understood in another location. Just like with any language there are differences from one area to the next. The readings were intended and composed for a specific audience; the chivalric writing of the High Middle Ages was built on the earlier traditions, while integrating ancient roots based on the literature that was sung by the courtly bards. Latin was mainly influenced by the Greek; however Western Europe had a big influence from so far away. This was back in the Golden Age ranging from 70 BCE to 14CE, with poets and prose writers became a huge part in the heritage and the educational heritage from this time. These pose writings are the work of Cicero, Caesar and Livy and the poets of the time were Virgil, Ovid and Horace (Labyrinth Latin Bookcase, 1996). Educated people continued to sharing the heritage of Latin in the Christian churches. With the constant development of the spoken Latin language, there was now a need for publications in order for the readers to be able to communicate amongst each other. These publications expanded