Introduction

Medieval Latin is the language that held Europe together culturally in the fields of religion, law, literature, philosophy, andd science. Thus, the extremely vast and still little explored Medieval Latin production comes to represent the first act of modern European culture, an indispensable antecedent for those who seek the roots of our present.

SPOLIA's medieval section will contain useful information both for those who want to approach this sector of research and for those who wish to keep abreast of new developments. In particular, we will report on activities concerning Medieval Latin Literature and Medieval and Humanistic Philology which will be held in the Universities and in the cultural institutes of Rome: courses, conferences, ongoing research (theses, doctoral dissertations, recent publications); on national and international conferences; on particularly significative books and articles around which it might be profitable to begin debates on problems and methods of this discipline.

Paolo Garbini