Historical Semantics in Medieval Studies: New Means and Approaches
Bernhard Jussen|Gregor Rohmann
Between 1972 and 1992 Reinhart Koselleck, Otto Brunner, Werner Conze published the famous seven volumes of Geschichtliche Grundbegriffe: Historisches Lexikon zur Politisch-Sozialen Sprache in Deutschland. The handbook was, its day, a milestone for any historian interested turning from history ideas to semantics, verbal (and non-verbal) production meaning. In his introduction, 1972, Koselleck had directed authors’ attention understanding that Historical Semantics stands falls with defi ning corpora. pursuit orientation about quantity dissemination semantic figurations, but also comparability articles’ findings, all authors were expected use predefined text conversations Bielefeld colleagues often complained later too many did not follow rule handbook’s articles just continued work approaches rooted ideas.
Contributions to the History of Concepts