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USML 04 Epigraphic Literacy and Christian Identity Zilmer: Modes of Written Discourse in the Newly Christian European North

USML 04 Epigraphic Literacy and Christian Identity Zilmer: Modes of Written Discourse in the Newly Christian European North

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Series: Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy, Book 4

Medieval & Renaissance HistoryGeneral ReferenceGeneral Christianity

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ISBN10: 2503542948
ISBN13: 9782503542942
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: Jul 10 2012
Pages: 273
Weight: 1.25
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.40 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
This volume examines the role of epigraphic literacy within the newly introduced Christian culture and the developing tradition of literacy in Northern Europe during the Viking Age and the High Middle Ages. The epigraphic material under scrutiny here originates from Scandinavia and North-West Russia - two regions that were converted to Christianity around the turn of the first millennium. Besides traditional categories of epigraphic sources, such as monumental inscriptions on durable materials, the volume is concerned with more casual inscriptions on less permanent materials. The first part of the book discusses a form of monumental epigraphic literacy manifested on Scandinavian rune stones, with a particular focus on their Christian connections. The second part examines exchanges between Christian culture and ephemeral products of epigraphic literacy, as expressed through Scandinavian rune sticks, East Slavonic birchbark documents and church graffiti. The essays look beyond the traditional sphere of parchment literacy and the Christian discourse of manuscript sources in order to explore the role of epigraphic literacy in the written vernacular cultures of Scandinavia and North-West Russia.

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