Multilingualism in Early Medieval Britain Paperback / softback
by Lindy (Edge Hill University, Ormskirk) Brady
Part of the Elements in England in the Early Medieval World series
Paperback / softback
Description
In the words of its own historians, pre-Norman Britain held five languages and four peoples.
Yet in modern scholarship, Old English is too often studied separately from the other languages that surrounded it.
This Element offers a comprehensive synthesis of the evidence from the pre-Norman period that situates Old English as one of several living languages that together formed the basis of a vibrant oral and written literary culture in early medieval Britain.
Each section centres around a key thematic topic and is illustrated through a series of memorable case studies that encapsulate the extent to which multilingualism appeared in every facet of life in early medieval Britain: religious and scholarly; political and military; economic and cultural; intellectual and artistic.
The Element makes an overall argument for the dynamic extent of transcultural literary and linguistic culture in early medieval Britain before the arrival of the Normans.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:12/10/2023
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- ISBN:9781009275859
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:75 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:12/10/2023
- Category:
- ISBN:9781009275859
