The Oxford Handbook of Medieval Latin Literature

Ralph J. Hexter is Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor at the University of California, Davis. He is also Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature.David Townsend is Professor of Medieval Studies and English at the University of Toronto.

"The Handbook contains everything one could wish for, while at the same time it cannot possibly cover all the literature..." -Speculum

• ContributorsPreface, Ralph Hexter and David Townsend I. Framing the Field: Problematics and Provocations1. The Current Questions and Future Prospects of Medieval Latin Studies, David Townsend 2. Canonicity, Ralph Hexter II. Latinity as Cultural Capital 3. Latin as an Acquired Language, Carin Ruff 4. Latin as a Language of Authoritative Tradition, Ryan Szpiech 5. The Cultures and Dynamics of Translation into Medieval Latin, Thomas E. Burman 6. Regional Variation: The Case of Scandinavian Latin, Karsten Frijs-Jensen 7. The Idea of Latinity, Nicholas Watson III. Manuscript Culture and the Materiality of Latin Texts 8. Readers and Manuscripts, Andrew Taylor 9. Gloss and Commentary, Rita Copeland 10. Location, Location, Location: Geography, Knowledge, and the Creation of Medieval Latin Textual Communities, Ralph Hexter IV. Styles and Genre11. Prose Style, Gregory Hays 12. Verse Style, Jean-Yves Tilliette [translated from French]13. Crossing Generic Boundaries, A. G. Rigg 14. Textual Fluidity and the Interaction of Latin and the Vernacular Languages, Brian Murdoch V. Systems of Knowledge15. Martianus Capella and the Liberal Arts, Andrew Hicks 16. Mythography, Winthrop Wetherbee 17. Biblical Thematics: The Story of Samson in Medieval Literary Discourse, Greti Dinkova-Bruun18. The Language, Form and Performance of Monophonic Liturgical Chants, Susan Boynton and Margot Fassler VI. Medieval Latin and the Fashioning of the Self19. Regimens of Schooling, Mia Münster-Swendsen20. Gender, Sylvia Parsons and David Townsend 21. Sex and Sexuality, Larry Scanlon 22. Medieval Latin Spirituality: Seeking Divine Presence, Anne Clark 23. Modes of Self-Writing From Antiquity to the Later Middle Ages, Gur Zak VII. Periodizations24. Late Antiquity, New Departures, Marco Formisano25. Renaissances and Revivals, Monika Otter26. Humanism and Continuities in the Transition to the Early Modern, Ronald Witt27. Medieval Latin Texts in the Age of Printing, Paolo Chiesa [translated from Italian]28. Medieval Latin in Modern English: Translations from the Nineteenth Century to the Present Day, Jan Ziolkowski Chronology of Medieval Latin AuthorsIndex