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The Anglo-Norman Language and Its Contexts
Richard Ingham
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Collection examining the Anglo-Norman language in a variety of texts and contexts, in military, legal, literary and other forms. The question of the development of Anglo-Norman (the variety of medieval French used in the British Isles), and the role it played in the life of the medieval English kingdom, is currently a major topic of scholarly debate. The essays in this volume examine it from a variety of different perspectives and contexts, though with a concentration on the theme of linguistic contact between Anglo-Norman and English, seeking to situate it more precisely in space and time than has hitherto ... Read more
Collection examining the Anglo-Norman language in a variety of texts and contexts, in military, legal, literary and other forms. The question of the development of Anglo-Norman (the variety of medieval French used in the British Isles), and the role it played in the life of the medieval English kingdom, is currently a major topic of scholarly debate. The essays in this volume examine it from a variety of different perspectives and contexts, though with a concentration on the theme of linguistic contact between Anglo-Norman and English, seeking to situate it more precisely in space and time than has hitherto ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
York Medieval Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
Number of Pages
196
Place of Publication
York, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781903153307
SKU
V9781903153307
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Ref
99-50
About Richard Ingham
ADAM CHAPMAN, General Editor, Victoria County History, Institute of Historical Research, School of Advanced Study, University of London Anne Curry is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton, and author of many works on the Hundred Years War, particularly on the battle of Agincourt. She also edited the 1422-53 section of the Parliament Rolls of Medieval England. ... Read more
Reviews for The Anglo-Norman Language and Its Contexts
[A] significant intervention in current debates surrounding Anglo-Norman's status and development, demonstrating the continuing vitality of French in England into the later Middle Ages.
YEARS WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES
The volume benefits from good overall presentation and a general index, and with the high standard of scholarship and the stimulating and varied topics addressed certainly merits the attention ... Read more
YEARS WORK IN ENGLISH STUDIES
The volume benefits from good overall presentation and a general index, and with the high standard of scholarship and the stimulating and varied topics addressed certainly merits the attention ... Read more