Moving Words in the Nordic Middle Ages: Tracing Literacies, Texts, and Verbal Communities (Acta Scandinavica) (English, Latin and Old Norse Edition) - Hardcover

Brepols Publishers

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2503578101 ISBN 13: 9782503578101

Publisher: Brepols Publishers, 2019

Synopsis

The culmination of over a decade's research on verbal culture in the pre- and post-Conversion medieval North at Bergen's Centre for Medieval Studies, this volume traces the movement of words and texts temporally, geographically, and intellectually across different media and genres. The contributions gathered here begin with a reassessment of how the unique verbal cultures of Scandinavia and Iceland can be understood in a broader European context, and then move on to explore foundational Nordic Latin histories and vernacular sagas. Key case studies are put forward to highlight the importance of institutional and individual writing communities, epistolary and list-making cultures, and the production of manuscripts as well as runic inscriptions. Finally, the oral-written continuum is examined, with a focus on important works such as Islendingabok and Landnamabok, Old-Norse Icelandic translated romances, and the development of prosimetra. Together, these essays form a state-of-the-art volume that offers new and vital insights into the role of literacy in the Norse-speaking world.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brepols Publishers
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2503578101
• ISBN 13: 9782503578101
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 356
• Editor: Brepols Publishers