Approaches to the study of linguistic identity in the Viking Age
Approaches to the study of linguistic identity in the Viking Age By Eldar Heide Published Online (2006) Introduction: How did the Viking migrations…
European Chancelleries and the Rise of Standard Written Languages
European Chancelleries and the Rise of Standard Written Languages Fisher, John H. Essays in Medieval Studies, vol. 3 (1986) Abstract The decline of…
Towards a Text of the “Medulla Grammatice”: Procedures and Prospects in Editing a 15th-century Glossary
Towards a Text of the “Medulla Grammatice”: Procedures and Prospects in Editing a 15th-century Glossary By Vincent P McCarren CCH Working Papers, Vol. 4…
The Transition from Coptic to Arabic
The Transition from Coptic to Arabic By Samuel Rubenson Égypte/Monde arabe, Première série, 27-28 (1996) Introduction: The process in which the last stage of…
The Study of Mishnaic Hebrew: Some Historical Milestones
The Study of Mishnaic Hebrew: Some Historical Milestones By Sophie Kessler-Mesguich Bulletin du Centre de recherche français de Jérusalem, Vol. 12 (2003) Introduction: The first…
When the Serenissima and the Gran Turco Made Love: The Peace Treaty of 1478
When the Serenissima and the Gran Turco Made Love: The Peace Treaty of 1478 By Diana Gilliland Wright and Pierre A. MacKay Studi Veneziani,…
Dialect in medieval Irish? Evidence from placenames
The question of dialect in medieval Irish (incorporating Old and Middle Irish; c. 600–1200 AD) has received much passing attention but very little direct study.
English and Galician in the Middle Ages: A Sociohistorical Survey
English and Galician in the Middle Ages: A Sociohistorical Survey By Begoña Crespo García Revista Alicantina de Estudios Inglese, No.17 (2004) Introduction: It is the…
What is Anglo-Norman?
What is Anglo-Norman? By Ruth J. Dean Annuale Medievale 6 (1965) Introduction: My purpose in asking this question is to examine the contexts…
Standardized Latin and Medieval Economic Growth
Traditional explanations for Western Europe’s demographic growth in the High Middle Ages are unable to explain the rise in per-capita income that accompanied observed population changes.
Some lexical collocational patterns in Late Middle English legal texts
Some lexical collocational patterns in Late Middle English legal texts By Luis Iglesias-Rábade Miscelanea: A Journal of English and American Studies, Vol. 35 (2007)…
The Idea of the Renaissance, Revisited
The idea of the Renaissance as a historical period was first formulated by Jacob
Burckhardt in his book Die Kultur der Renaissance in Italien (1860). In this lecture I want to review some of the many directions taken by Renaissance studies since then, and to make some suggestions for future work.
The changing role of “support” an “contiguity”: The hidden facet of the preposition “on” in Old English
The changing role of “support” an “contiguity”: The hidden facet of the preposition “on” in Old English By Carmen Guarddon Anelo Journal of English…
Abuse and authority in the Chester cycle: A socially-based discourse
Abuse and authority in the Chester Cycle: A socially-based discourse By Begoña Crespo García Journal of English Studies, Vol.4 (2003/4) Abstract: The aim of this…
A View of the Irish Language: Language and History in Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Present
A View of the Irish Language: Language and History in Ireland from the Middle Ages to the Present By Steve G. Ellis Language…
Society and Politics in 4th and 5th–Century Armenia. The invention of the Armenian Alphabet
Society and Politics in 4th and 5th–Century Armenia. The invention of the Armenian Alphabet By Alessandro Orengo Language and Identities in Historical Perspective, edited…
Scientia Sermocinalis: Grammar in Medieval Classifications of the Sciences
Scientia Sermocinalis: Grammar in Medieval Classifications of the Sciences By Michael A. Covington Flores Grammaticæ: Essays in Memory of Vivien Law, eds. Nicola…