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The Nordic region produced a rich body of Latin literature in the Middle Ages. These were often overlooked in favor of Old Norse sagas. | The Nordic region produced a rich body of Latin literature in the Middle Ages. These were often overlooked in favor of Old Norse sagas. | ||
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The literary works from this period include religious texts, historical chronicles, legal documents, and works of philosophy and science, among others. They reflect the Nordic region's integration into European intellectual and cultural life during the Middle Ages, with Latin serving as the language of scholarship and administration. | The literary works from this period include religious texts, historical chronicles, legal documents, and works of philosophy and science, among others. They reflect the Nordic region's integration into European intellectual and cultural life during the Middle Ages, with Latin serving as the language of scholarship and administration. | ||
[[File:CODICUM logo .png|alt=CODICUM|thumb|The content of "Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin" is currently being updated by CODICUM, an ERC-funded research project (2025-2030). Photo: CODICUM]] | |||
[[File:Carmen gratulatorium.png|alt=Carmen gratulatorium|thumb|Medieval manuscripts offer glimpses into the intellectual and artistic life of the past. This one, for example, features a Latin gratulatory poem from medieval Scandinavia—''Carmen gratulatorium'', Uppsala Universitetsbibliotek C 233, 50v. | |||
Source: www.alvin-portal.org]] | |||
== About the encyclopedia == | == About the encyclopedia == | ||
Revision as of 08:42, 11 September 2025
The Nordic region produced a rich body of Latin literature in the Middle Ages. These were often overlooked in favor of Old Norse sagas.
This encyclopedia (wiki) encompasses a range of texts written in Latin by authors from or connected to the Nordic region during the Middle Ages, roughly spanning from 1100 to 1530.
The literary works from this period include religious texts, historical chronicles, legal documents, and works of philosophy and science, among others. They reflect the Nordic region's integration into European intellectual and cultural life during the Middle Ages, with Latin serving as the language of scholarship and administration.
About the encyclopedia
Purpose
The purpose of this website is to provide in-depth introductions to all known literary works written in Latin in the Nordic countries before the Reformation (ca 1530). We hope to document the breadth and importance of writings in Latin which have too often been treated as footnotes to the vernacular literatures.
Types of entries
There are four types of entries: (1) named authors, (2) titles of anonymous works (3) saints, including legends, sermons, liturgical texts belonging to each Nordic saint (found under sanctus / sancta), (4) a few collective articles on genres such as Annales and Catalogi.
A few entries of important authors are still missing, most notably Sancta Birgitta, Wilhelm of Æbelholt, Brynolf Algotsson, and Magister Matthias.
Founders and editors of "Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin"
Founded by Stephan Borgehammar, Karsten Friis-Jensen (†), Lars Boje Mortensen and Åslaug Ommundsen
Currently edited by Stephan Borgehammar, Lars Boje Mortensen, Åslaug Ommundsen and Steffen Hope
This encyclopedia website was established in 2012. In the course of 2025, the articles will be edited and updated in accordance with current research. Updates are carried out as part of the CODICUM project.
Articles should be referred to as [Author] [Entry] 2012 in Medieval Nordic Literature in Latin (eds Borgehammar, Friis-Jensen, Mortensen, Ommundsen) (Most articles were finished before 2008, but some are updated further).
