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Author Gallagher, Robert

Title The Languages of Early Medieval Charters Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word
Published Boston : BRILL, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (564 p.)
Series Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages Ser
Brill's Series on the Early Middle Ages Ser
Contents Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Notes on Contributors -- Chapter 1 Latin and Germanic Vernaculars in Early Medieval Documentary Cultures: Towards a Multidisciplinary Comparative Approach -- Chapter 2 Charters, Languages, and Communication: Recent Work on Early Medieval Literacy -- Chapter 3 The Multilingualism of the Early Middle Ages: Evidence from Peripheral Regions of the Regnum orientalium Francorum -- Chapter 4 Germanic Names, Vernacular Sounds, and Latin Spellings in Early Anglo-Saxon and Alemannic Charters
Chapter 5 Language, Formulae, and Carolingian Reforms: The Case of the Alemannic Charters from St Gall -- Chapter 6 Signalling Language Choice in Anglo-Saxon and Frankish Charters, c.700-c.900 -- Chapter 7 The Endorsement Practices of Early Medieval England -- Chapter 8 Traces of Bilingualism in Early Medieval Northern Italy: The Evidence from Eighth- and Ninth-Century Private Charters -- Chapter 9 Languages of Boundaries and Boundaries of Language in Cornish Charters -- Chapter 10 Vernacular Writing in Early Medieval Manorial Administration: Two Tenth-Century Documentsfrom Werden and Essen
Chapter 11 Royal Authority, Regional Integrity: The Function and Use of Anglo-Saxon Writ Formulae -- Chapter 12 From Memorandum to Written Record: Function and Formality in Old English Non-Literary Texts -- Chapter 13 Writing, Communication, and Currency: Dialogues between Coinage and Charters in Anglo-Saxon England -- Chapter 14 Epilogue -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Subject Law, Medieval -- Language
Written communication -- Europe, Western -- History -- To 1500
Law, Medieval -- Language
Written communication
Western Europe
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Roberts, Edward
Tinti, Francesca
ISBN 9789004432338
9004432337