History and the written word : documents, literacy, and language in the Age of the Angevins
Drawing on the perspectives of modern and medieval narratology, medieval multilingualism, and cultural memory, History and the Written Word argues that members of an administrative elite demonstrated their mastery of the rules of literate political behavior by producing and consuming history-writing...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press,
2020
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| Titres liés à la collection: | The Middle Ages Series
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| Sujets: | English literature Literacy Literacy ; England ; History Great Britain ; History ; Angevin period, 1154-1216 ; Historiography Great Britain ; History ; Angevin period, 1154-1216 ; Sources English literature ; Middle English, 1100-1500 ; History and criticism Electronic books Angevinisches Reich Adel Politische Elite plus... |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
| Résumé: | Drawing on the perspectives of modern and medieval narratology, medieval multilingualism, and cultural memory, History and the Written Word argues that members of an administrative elite demonstrated their mastery of the rules of literate political behavior by producing and consuming history-writing and its documents. Cover -- History and the Written Word -- Title -- Copyright -- CONTENTS -- Note on Orthography and Translations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Defining Documents -- Chapter 2. Documentary Quotation -- Chapter 3. Literate Sociability -- Chapter 4. Literate Performances and Literate Government -- Chapter 5. Literate Languages -- Afterword -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |
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| Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (200 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780812296761 0812296761 9780812251906 0812251903 |