- Latin literature in Britain
Latin literature in Britain is
literature from Britain (England ,Scotland andWales ) originally written inLatin . A great deal of interest is invested in the literature of Britain in Germanic orCeltic languages , but explicit references to literature in Latin are scattered and rare. Literary production in Latin from Britain is very rich, yet it is hard to find a good description of the whole picture. This page starts as a work in progress area to cover that need.Medieval literature
Gildas (Gildas, c.
494 /516 – c.570 ).Beda (Bede, c.
672 /673 –25 May 735), "Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum "Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus (Alcuin [or Ealhwine] of York, c. 735 –
19 May 804)Nennius (fl.
9th century )Ordericus Vitalis (Orderic Vitalis,
1075 – c.1142 )Wilhelmus of Malmesbury (William of Malmesbury, c.
1080 /1095 – c.1143 )Galfredus Monumetensis (Geoffrey of Monmouth, c.
1100 – c.1155 ), "Historia Regum Britanniæ "Giraldus Cambrensis (Gerald of Wales,1146 -1243 )Rogerus Bacon (Roger Bacon, c.
1214 –1294 )Johannes Duns Scotus (c.
1266 –8 November 1308 )Wilhelmus Occam (William of Ockham, c.
1288 – c.1348 )Renaissance literature
Johannes Gower (John Gower, c.
1330 – October1408 ), "Vox Clamantis "Thomas Morus (Thomas More,
7 February 1478 –6 July 1535 ), "Utopia "Modern literature
Franciscus Baconus (Francis Bacon,
22 January 1561 –9 April 1626 ), "Novum Organum "Thomas Hobbesius (Thomas Hobbes,
5 April 1588 –4 December 1679 )Johannes Milton (John Milton,
9 December 1608 –8 November 1674 ), "Defensio pro Populo Anglicano ", "De Doctrina Christiana"Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 –31 March 1727 , "Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica "ee also
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British literature
*Latin literature
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