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Medieval Latin was the form of Latin used in the Middle Ages, primarily as medium of scholarly exchange and as liturgical language of the Roman Catholic Church, but also as language of science, literature, law, and administration. Therefore Latin-skills are the basic premise to read and understand a wide range of sources from this period of time.  We would like to draw your attention to two tutorials created by experts from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland National Archives that provide help to improve reading skills in Medieval Latin by translating sentences taken from real documents held at The National Archives.

12 basic lessons: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/beginners

12 advanced  lessons: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/latin/advanced

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The Deutsches Wörterbuch (”German dictionary”) is still considered the standard reference for German etymology. It was started by the Grimm Brothers in 1838 and the first major step in creating a standardized German language since Martin Luther’s translation of the Bible to German.
When the project finally was finished in 1961, the dictionary contains 32 volumes and includes about 350,000 main entries.
Editions: Grimm, Jacob / Grimm, Wilhelm: Deutsches Wörterbuch

• original: Hirzel, ISBN 978-3-7401-0000-1, 4990 €
• paperback reprint: dtv, ISBN 978-3-423-59045-7, 499 €
• CD-ROM: Zweitausendeins, ISBN 978-3-86150-639-3, 49,90 €
• online: Universität Trier, DBW-Online, free

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