ENGL 203 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Germanic Languages, Aeneid, Guigemar

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Dante (1256-1321) wrote the vulgaria eloquent between 1304-1306. The vernacular is the mother tongue taught through living in it. The secondary language is gramatica (latin) and it is learned through study. Latin is not as noble as the mother tongue. Understood the different between germanic languages and romance languages. Dante believed there were to many vernacular languages for italian. Remove the brush, and morph all the italian to form a superior dialect. 1170-1190) is also responsible for erec and enide, the knight of the cart and perceval. We learn [from] the ancient people, rst greece, then rome now has come france . Work"s for the court of france, court of champagne and the court of flanders but never the anglo-norman court. Geoffrey of monmouth: history of the king of england. The history of the king of england is a chronicle (fabricated history) written in. Latin prose in 1136 for the anglo-norman court.