Latin: or, the Empire of a Sign
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Latin: or, the Empire of a Sign
Latin: or, the Empire of a Sign

Latin: or, the Empire of a Sign

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Francoise Waquet (Author) John Howe (Contributor)  

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A highly original and accessible history of Latin between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries that explores how Latin came to dominate the civic and sacred worlds of Europe and, arguably, the entire western world.
Francoise Waquet is director of research emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Latin, or the Empire of a Sign is the opening volume in a highly praised sequence of books on the social worlds of intellectuals, continued most recently with Une histoire emotionnelle du savoir (2019).
  • Contributor: Francoise Waquet
  • Imprint: Verso Books
  • ISBN13: 9781859844021
  • Number of Pages: 354
  • Packaged Dimensions: 157x234x28mm
  • Packaged Weight: 552
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: Verso Books
  • Release Date: 2002-12-17
  • Binding: Paperback / softback
  • Biography: Francoise Waquet is director of research emeritus at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. Latin, or the Empire of a Sign is the opening volume in a highly praised sequence of books on the social worlds of intellectuals, continued most recently with Une histoire emotionnelle du savoir (2019).

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