WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
____, the language of the Church, was the only common language throughout Europe.
A
Latin
B
French
C
Spanish
D
English
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Latin was the common language used for any literature through Western Europe. The Church was the main responsible for the conversation of Latin as the language of the lettered people. The nobility and clergy of the time were all taught in Latin.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Church used Latin for centuries because it was born in the Roman Empire and when that empire fell, it kept it as a way to unify Catholics around the entire world. Even many Church documents are still translated into Latin, and recently the Vatican launched a Latin radio station!

Detailed explanation-3: -Originally spoken by small groups of people living along the lower Tiber River, Latin spread with the increase of Roman political power, first throughout Italy and then throughout most of western and southern Europe and the central and western Mediterranean coastal regions of Africa.

Detailed explanation-4: -Latin is considered to be one of the oldest Indo-European languages. The Indo-European language family includes Greek, Sanskrit, and Germanic languages. Latin’s oldest version is known as “Archaic Latin”. It was spoken around the lower parts of the Tiber River, including where modern Rome lies.

Detailed explanation-5: -Latin can be said to be the origin of the romance languages, Italian (obviously), French, Portuguese, Spanish and some less wide-spread languages all based in Europe. Not all European languages are strongly influenced by Latin, notably Basque, Magyar and the Baltic languages.

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