Editing Latin (section)

=== Medieval Latin ===
{{Main|Medieval Latin}}
[[File:Calligraphy.malmesbury.bible.arp.jpg|thumb|upright=1.13|The Latin Malmesbury Bible from 1407]]
Medieval Latin is the written Latin in use during that portion of the post-classical period when no corresponding Latin [[vernacular]] existed, that is from around 700 to 1500 AD. The spoken language had developed into the various Romance languages; however, in the educated and official world, Latin continued without its natural spoken base. Moreover, this Latin spread into lands that had never spoken Latin, such as the Germanic and Slavic nations. It became useful for international communication between the member states of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] and its allies.

Without the institutions of the Roman Empire that had supported its uniformity, Medieval Latin was much more liberal in its linguistic cohesion: for example, in classical Latin {{lang|la|sum}} and {{lang|la|eram}} are used as auxiliary verbs in the perfect and pluperfect passive, which are compound tenses. Medieval Latin might use {{lang|la-x-medieval|fui}} and {{lang|la-x-medieval|fueram}} instead.<ref name=thorley13-15>{{cite book |pages=13–15 |title=Documents in medieval Latin |first=Moe |last=Elabani |location=Ann Arbor |publisher=University of Michigan Press |year=1998 |isbn=978-0-472-08567-5}}</ref> Furthermore, the meanings of many words were changed and new words were introduced, often under influence from the vernacular. Identifiable individual styles of classically incorrect Latin prevail.<ref name=thorley13-15 />