Sara Harris (University of Cambridge)

The Linguistic Past in Twelfth-Century Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

This study discusses how depictions of etymology and ancient documents were employed by twelfth-century poets, translators, bureaucrats and historians to portray Britain's past. A series of detailed case studies demonstrate how the vernacular hence became an important site for the construction of dynastic, institutional and ethnic identities.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 293
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Juli 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 230g
• ISBN-13: 9781316631874
• ISBN-10: 1316631877
• Artikelnr.: 57088219

Autorenporträt

Sara Harris is a Junior Research Fellow at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Methods and motivations for studying the vernacular linguistic past
2. Perceptions of English linguistic and literary continuity
3. Explorations and appropriations of British linguistic history
4. The vernaculars of ancestral law: Royal administration and linguistic authority
5. Placing French in multilingual Britain
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.