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I believe the language taught as Latin in modern schools was strictly a formal upper class literary language. The language spoken on the street was Vulgar Latin with a much different grammar. The Roman Catholic church was definitely a Johnny-come-lately on the Latin language scene.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Latin in the English language SamDottore 08/13/12 08:55 AM Re: Latin in the English language Faldage 08/13/12 11:37 AM Re: Latin in the English language zmjezhd 08/13/12 02:16 PM Re: Latin in the English language LukeJavan8 08/13/12 04:06 PM Re: Latin in the English language Faldage 08/13/12 05:18 PM
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