Both learning Latin and using its extension into a vernacular are often associated with prestigious systems of education, such as Latinity in the public schools of England.
Scholarly reactions to the Latinity of the Whitby text are symptomatic of this state of affairs.
Saints were by definition postclassical, hagiography postclassical and barbarous, often characterized by ‘poor’ (by classical standards) Latinity and crude miracles.
The bishop was compelled by pontifical authority to desist from this wicked labor, and Latinity did not recover until the Renaissance.
This suggests, among other things, that the global dominance of modern English does not somehow repeat an early-modern global Latinity.
Definition of Latinity in US English:
Latinity
nounləˈtinitēləˈtɪnɪti
The use of Latin style or words of Latin origin.
拉丁风格（或拉丁源词语）的运用
a standard complaint was its excessive Latinity
Example sentencesExamples
The bishop was compelled by pontifical authority to desist from this wicked labor, and Latinity did not recover until the Renaissance.
Saints were by definition postclassical, hagiography postclassical and barbarous, often characterized by ‘poor’ (by classical standards) Latinity and crude miracles.
Scholarly reactions to the Latinity of the Whitby text are symptomatic of this state of affairs.
Both learning Latin and using its extension into a vernacular are often associated with prestigious systems of education, such as Latinity in the public schools of England.
This suggests, among other things, that the global dominance of modern English does not somehow repeat an early-modern global Latinity.