Language & power in the early Middle ages /
The author introduces a discussion of the rush by nationalist philologists to rediscover the medieval roots of their respective vernaculars, the rivalry between vernacular languages and Latin to act as transmitters of Christian sacred texts and administrative documents, and the rather sloppy and ad...
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| Language: | English |
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Waltham, Mass. :
Brandeis University Press,
2013
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| Series: | Menahem Stern Jerusalem lectures.
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
