The Project
Delitiae Poetarum Scotorum:
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The project explored a range of interlinking questions under the following headings:
Status
Who used Latin, when and why? Did the use of Latin vary according to social standing and profession?
Religion
When, where and in what forms did the new Protestant church deem the use of Latin poetry acceptable?
Culture
What role did scripture, Greco-Roman literature, and Renaissance advances in philology play in these texts?
Language
How did Latin interact with the two dominant languages of early modern Scotland, Scots and Gaelic?
