Latin, Old English and documentary practice at Worcester from Wærferth to Oswald. (26th April 2019)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Latin, Old English and documentary practice at Worcester from Wærferth to Oswald. (26th April 2019)
- Main Title:
- Latin, Old English and documentary practice at Worcester from Wærferth to Oswald
- Authors:
- Gallagher, Robert
Tinti, Francesca - Abstract:
- Abstract: This article analyses the uses of Latin and Old English in the charters of Worcester cathedral, which represents one of the largest and most linguistically interesting of the surviving Anglo-Saxon archives. Specifically focused on the period encompassing the episcopates of Wærferth and Oswald ( c. 870 to 992), this survey examines a time of intense administrative activity at Worcester, contemporaneous with significant transformations in the political and cultural life of Anglo-Saxon England more generally. In doing so, this article argues that when writing in either Latin or the vernacular, charter draftsmen responded to a number of variables; language choice did not simply reflect varying levels of literacy. Furthermore, the frequent cases of code-switching found in tenth-century Worcester documents mark this community out as exceptional, suggesting that attitudes towards the interaction between the two languages could vary considerably between institutions.
- Is Part Of:
- Anglo-Saxon England. Volume 46(2017)
- Journal:
- Anglo-Saxon England
- Issue:
- Volume 46(2017)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 46, Issue 2017 (2017)
- Year:
- 2017
- Volume:
- 46
- Issue:
- 2017
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2017-0046-2017-0000
- Page Start:
- 271
- Page End:
- 325
- Publication Date:
- 2019-04-26
- Subjects:
- England -- Civilization -- To 1066 -- Periodicals
Anglo-Saxons -- Periodicals
942.01 - Journal URLs:
- http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=ASE ↗
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S0263675118000091 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0263-6751
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- Legaldeposit
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