Long before the Normans arrived in England, the Anglo-Saxons were borrowing Latin words from the monastic culture which was emerging in the 7th and 8th centuries. In this episode, we explore the spread of monastic schools and scholarship in Anglo-Saxon Britain, and we examine many of the Latin words which were borrowed during the period of Old English.
TRANSCRIPT: EPISODE 40
Episode 40: Learning Latin and Latin Learning | The History of English Podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
