Throughout the European Middle Ages and Renaissance, Latin was the language of learning and international communication. But in the early modern period, it was gradually displaced by French. By the eighteenth century, all the world - or at least all of Europe - aspired to be Parisian.

Michael Dirda

Michael Dirda

Ages Aspired Century Communication Displaced Early Eighteenth Europe European French Gradually International Language Latin Learning Middle Middle Ages Modern Period Renaissance Throughout World

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