RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES
RUSSIAN STATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES
Lecture "Language in the work of a medievalist" was held at RSUH
23.04.2022

Lecture "Language in the work of a medievalist" was held at RSUH

On April 7, a regular meeting of the Society "Other Middle Ages" was held on the topic "Language in the work of a medievalist."


On April 7, a regular meeting of the Society "Other Middle Ages" was held on the topic "Language in the work of a medievalist."


The invited speaker was Dr. Oleg Aurov, Academic Director of the Society. He shared his invaluable experience of working with medieval historical sources in Latin and Castilian. The speaker recommended reading the sources in the original language.

Using the example of his own Russian translations of the Visigothic Code, and the History of Spain, Oleg Valentinovich demonstrated what problems researchers may have when translating medieval texts and how to successfully find solutions to these problems.