Byrhtferth’s Enchiridion: The Effectiveness of Hermeneutic Latin
Rebecca Stephenson
Throughout the period 800–1250, English culture was marked by linguistic contestation and pluralism: consequence of migrations conquests establishment flourishing Christian religion centred on Rome. In 855 Danes ‘over-wintered’ for first time, re-initiating centuries pluralism; 1250 had, overwhelmingly, become language England. Norse French, Celtic languages borderlands, Latin competed with dialects cultural precedence. Moreover, diverse relations each these to written word complicated textual practices government, poetics, recording history, liturgy. Geographical or societal micro-languages interacted daily ‘official’ Church, State, Court. speakers also played key roles in history medieval Europe. At start inquiry, Alcuin led reform Carolingian Empire, while after Conquest, long-established use as a encouraged French language. This interdisciplinary volume brings complex dynamic multilingualism England into focus opens up new areas collaborative research.
Studies in the early Middle Ages