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History of literature
- Friedrich SchillerOn the 10th of November 1759, a boy named Friedrich Schiller was born in Marbach. He grew up as the only son of Johann Kaspar Schiller and Elisabetha…
- Matter of RomeIn the twelfth century, a French poet named Jean Bodel drew lines on a map of literature. He divided all stories into three great cycles: the Matter of…
- Elizabethan literatureIn 1588, the Spanish fleet approached England with a force of over one hundred ships. This military threat created a moment of intense national anxiety that…
- Matter of BritainThe Matter of Britain is the name given to one of the three great story cycles that shaped medieval European literature.
- Latin literatureIn 240 BC, the first stage play in Latin was performed in Rome. This event marked the beginning of formal Latin literature and occurred one year after the…
- EpigramThe word epigram comes from the Greek term for inscription, which means to write on or to inscribe. This literary tradition began as poems carved onto votive…
- Neo-Latin studiesThe study of Latin and its literature from the Italian Renaissance to the present day defines a vast field known as Neo-Latin studies.
- Renaissance LatinIn 1359, Petrarch published his Epistolæ familiares, a collection of letters that signaled the start of a deliberate break from medieval Latin traditions.
- History of literatureThe history of literature is the story of how prose and poetry came to entertain and educate readers, and how the techniques behind those works developed…
- Greek literatureThe year 800 BC marks the beginning of Greek literature, yet the earliest works existed only as sound. Poems were sung or recited before writing became…
- Neo-LatinIn 1304, a young man named Francesco Petrarca was born in Italy. He would later become known as Petrarch and lead the movement to restore Latin to its…