English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030 (Studies in Anglo-Saxon History, 6) (Volume 6)

Dumville, David N.

ISBN 10: 0851153232 / ISBN 13: 9780851153230

Published by Boydell Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030 (Studies in Anglo-Saxon History, 6) (Volume 6)
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0851153232
• ISBN 13: 9780851153230
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

An analysis and study of Caroline script from 200 years of ecclesiastical and secular records reveals important historical detail relating to late Anglo-Saxon England.

Caroline minuscule script was adopted in England in the mid-tenth century in imitation of Continental usage. A badge of ecclesiastical reform, it was practised in Benedictine scriptoria but was also taken up by members of the royal writing office; the chancery occupied an important place in the pioneering of calligraphic fashions. During its approximately two-century history in England, Caroline script developed a number of forms, in part reflecting different tendencies within the Reform-cause. The Rule of St Benedict was focal for this movement.

In the aftermath of the final Scandinavian conquest of England [AD1016] a Canterbury master-scribe created the form ofCaroline writing which was to become a mark of Englishness and outlive the Norman Conquest. In the closing chapter its inventor's career is discussed and his achievement assessed. This volume offers analysis of manuscript evidenceas a basis for the cultural and ecclesiastical history of late Anglo-Saxon England.

David N. Dumville is professor of History and Palaeography at the University of Aberdeen

About the Author

David N. Dumville is professor of History and Palaeography at the University of Aberdeen.