Learning outcomes

- Learn to read and communicate in at least one language other than French. - To develop complementary knowledge to history.

Goals

At the end of this course, the student should be able to understand and analyse Latin texts composed in the Middle Ages at a relatively simple level of difficulty.

Content

Brief general review of morphology (declensions, conjugations). Brief introduction to the critical use of dictionaries and lexical databases. Learning of a basic vocabulary (about 500 words), with regular queries. Translation of a corpus of texts throughout the year.

Teaching methods

Reading of texts.

Assessment method

Written exam + tests on the mastery of basic vocabulary.

Sources, references and any support material

Lexicon of medieval Latin.

Language of instruction

French