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On the basis of written texts from different times and regions, the influence of the Latin tradition on the Slavs is analyzed. The main focus of the volume are cultural and philological ideas as well as specific ways of their transfer at the textual and linguistic levels (lexicon, grammar and syntax).

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The nine papers collected in this volume examine, from different perspectives, the cultural and linguistic relationship between Latin and (Church) Slavonic from the prehistoric period until the end of the Middle Ages, offering interesting material and providing fresh insights for comparison with other linguistic areas, epochs or textual traditions. Notwithstanding the different approaches used, all the papers share an empirical character: they actually present first-hand insights, refreshing ideas and hitherto unknown or unexplored material. They are not only about linguistic and textual contacts, but also contain, just through these contacts, the analysis of theological and philological ideas, which acted as a stimulus for further cultural development, independently of the sympathetic or hostile reception they received among Slavs.

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Latin - (Old) Church Slavonic - Translation problems - linguistic and cultural contact

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Vittorio S. Tomelleri is Associate professor of Slavonic Philology at the University of Macerata, Department of Humanities (Italy).

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