The vernacular in Anglo-Saxon charters: expansion and innovation in ninth-century England
Robert L. Gallagher
This article offers a systematic analysis of the earliest uses in charters Anglo-Saxon vernacular, Old English, for purposes other than describing geographic landscape. By doing so, draws attention to dynamism documentary culture first half ninth century and it argues that several developments period are best understood when considered from an international perspective. Adding nuance detail our view ninth-century literary activity, this investigation has significant implications understanding early medieval literacy, language choice written word.
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