The Languages of Early Medieval Charters: Latin, Germanic Vernaculars, and the Written Word
- Submitting institution
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The University of Kent
- Unit of assessment
- 28 - History
- Output identifier
- M-84478
- Type
- B - Edited book
- DOI
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10.1163/9789004432338
- Publisher
- Brill
- ISBN
- 9789004428119
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- Yes
- Additional information
- This is a co-edited volume comprising 13 full-length chapters based on in-depth original research, totalling 548 pages. It brings together 15 scholars from the UK, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Spain, working across the fields of medieval social and legal history, literary studies, historical linguistics and multilingualism. The volume represents the fruits of an international and interdisciplinary project, based at the University of the Basque Countries and funded by the Spanish government, and is the first major comparative study of the interplay between Latin and Germanic languages in the written records of Early Medieval Europe. Both Roberts and Gallagher worked for the project as Research Associates and Tinti was PI. Roberts and Gallagher are two of the three editors of this volume and each co-wrote chapters. The chapter by Roberts (with Tinti, 50%-50%, 41 pages, 14,500 words) is the first-ever study of self-conscious language-use in Anglo-Saxon and Frankish charters, exploring why document issuers sometimes chose to invoke their own vernacular language (rather than standard Latin prose) and comparing how this occurred on either side of the Channel. The chapter of Gallagher (with Wiles, 65 pages, 23,000 words (14,000 words (60%) by Gallagher) is the first ever comprehensive study of endorsement practices, that is, the writing on the back of documents, in early medieval England. The introduction to the volume was written by Tinti and the conclusion was written by Nelson. Editorial work, which included significant translation into English and efforts to bridge scholarly conventions from across a number of disciplines, was divided equally between the three editors (33%-33%-33%). Each editor took responsibility for 4 of the chapters and the team worked collaboratively to ensure consistency and cohesion.
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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