"This is the first major study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic vernaculars in early medieval records. Building on previous work on the uses of the written word in the early Middle Ages, which has dispelled the myth that this was an age of 'orality', the contributions…
Latin and Germanic Vernaculars in Early Medieval Documentary Cultures: Towards a Multidisciplinary Comparative Approach / Francesca Tinti -- Charters, Languages, and Communication: Recent Work on Early Medieval Literacy / Rosamond McKitterick -- The Multilingualism of the Early …
Latin and Germanic Vernaculars in Early Medieval Documentary Cultures: Towards a Multidisciplinary Comparative Approach / Francesca Tinti -- Charters, Languages, and Communication: Recent Work on Early Medieval Literacy / Rosamond McKitterick -- The Multilingualism of the Early …
"This is the first major study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic vernaculars in early medieval records. Building on previous work on the uses of the written word in the early Middle Ages, which has dispelled the myth that this was an age of 'orality', the contributions…
"This is the first major study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic vernaculars in early medieval records. Building on previous work on the uses of the written word in the early Middle Ages, which has dispelled the myth that this was an age of 'orality', the contributions…
Walkden investigates methods, possibilities, and limitations in the reconstruction of syntax in a framework which holds that the object of enquiry is knowledge of language and which acknowledges that the transmission of that knowledge is discontinuous.
This volume investigates why for centuries the Germans have unhesitatingly regarded the ancient Germanic tribes as their direct ancestors. The papers analyze the complex processes of this equation, which was often maintained in the knowledge that it was untenable, and its politi…
This volume investigates the question of why for centuries the Germans have unhesitatingly regarded the ancient Germanic tribes as their direct ancestors - and commonly even do so today. Although advances in academic research have shown that we are dealing here with an artificia…
