Urban Literacy in the Nordic Middle Ages - Kasper H. Andersen
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2021Uitgever: Brepols Publishers465 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 2503596746ISBN-13: 9782503596747Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Summary This volume explores literacy in the medieval towns of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland, and aims to understand the extent to which these medieval urban centres constituted a driving force in the development of literacy in Nordic societies generally. As in other parts of Europe, two languages - Latin and the vernacular - were in use. However, the Nordic area is also characterised by its use of the runic alphabet, and thus two writing systems were also in use. Another characteristic of the Nort...
