Latin literature in England and Wales
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Latin literature in England and Wales is literature from England and Wales originally written in Latin. A great deal of interest is invested in British literature in Germanic languages or Celtic languages, but explicit references to literature in Latin are scattered and rare. The British literary production in Latin is very rich, yet it is hard to find a good description of the whole picture. This page starts as a work in progress area to cover that need.
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[edit] Medieval literature
Gildas (Gildas, c. 494/516 – c. 570)
Beda (Bede, c. 672/673 – 25 May 735), Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum
Flaccus Albinus Alcuinus (Alcuin [or Ealhwine] of York, c. 735 – 19 May 804)
Ordericus Vitalis (Orderic Vitalis, 1075 – c. 1142)
Wilhelmus of Malmesbury (William of Malmesbury, c. 1080/1095 – c. 1143)
Galfredus Monumetensis (Geoffrey of Monmouth, c. 1100 – c. 1155), Historia Regum Britanniæ
Rogerus Bacon (Roger Bacon, c. 1214 – 1294)
Johannes Duns Scotus (c. 1266 – 8 November 1308)
Wilhelmus Occam (William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1348)
[edit] Renaissance literature
Johannes Gower (John Gower, c. 1330 – October 1408), Vox Clamantis
Thomas Morus (Thomas More, 7 February 1478 – 6 July 1535), Utopia
[edit] Modern literature
Franciscus Baconus (Francis Bacon, 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), Novum Organum
Thomas Hobbesius (Thomas Hobbes, 5 April 1588 – 4 December 1679)
Johannes Milton (John Milton, 9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674), Defensio pro Populo Anglicano, De Doctrina Christiana
Isaac Newton 4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica
