Multilingualism in Medieval Britain (c. 1066-1520) : sources and analysis
This book is devoted to the study of multilingual Britain in the later medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to John Skelton. It brings together experts from different disciplines history, linguistics, and literature - in a joint effort to recover the complexities of spoken and written communica...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprog: | Anglais |
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Turnhout :
Brepols (éditions)
2012.
Turnhout : Brepols Publishers |
| Serier: | Medieval Texts and Cultures of Northern Europe
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Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2013-04-25 L'impression du document génère 294 p. Titre provenant de l'écran d'accueil Numérisation de l'édition de Turnhout : Brepols, 2012 Brepols e-books (Licence nationale) |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Multilingualism in Medieval Britain (c. 1066-1520), sources and analysis, edited by Judith A. Jefferson and Ad Putter, 2013, Turnhout, Brepols, 1 volume (xxiv-292 pages), Medieval texts & cultures of Northern Europe, 978-2-503-54250-8 |
| Summary: | This book is devoted to the study of multilingual Britain in the later medieval period, from the Norman Conquest to John Skelton. It brings together experts from different disciplines history, linguistics, and literature - in a joint effort to recover the complexities of spoken and written communication in the Middle Ages. Each author focuses on one specific text or text type, and demonstrates by example what careful analysis can reveal about the nature of medieval multilingualism and about medieval attitudes to the different living languages of later medieval Britain. There are chapters on charters, sermons, religious prose, glossaries, manorial records, biblical translations, chronicles, and the macaronic poetry of William Langland and John Skelton. By addressing the full range of languages spoken and written in later medieval Britain (Latin, French, Old Norse, Welsh, Cornish, English, Dutch, and Hebrew), this collection reveals the linguistic situation of the period in its true diversity and shows the resourcefulness of medieval people when faced with the need to communicate. For medieval writers and readers, the ability to move between languages opened up a wealth of possibilities: possibilities for subtle changes of register, for counterpoint, for linguistic playfulness, and, perhaps most importantly, for texts which extend a particular challenge to the reader to engage with them. |
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| Emne beskrivelse: | Notice rédigée d'après la consultation du 2013-04-25 L'impression du document génère 294 p. Titre provenant de l'écran d'accueil Numérisation de l'édition de Turnhout : Brepols, 2012 Brepols e-books (Licence nationale) |
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| Bibliografi: | Bibliographie en fin de chapitre. Notes bibliographiques |
| ISBN: | 9782503542638 |
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