English Vernacular Minuscule from ÆThelred to Cnut, Circa 990 - Circa 1035 by Stokes, Peter A.

English Vernacular Minuscule from ÆThelred to Cnut, Circa 990 - Circa 1035 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781843843696)

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English Vernacular Minuscule from ÆThelred to Cnut, Circa 990 - Circa 1035 by Stokes, Peter A.

English Vernacular Minuscule from ÆThelred to Cnut, Circa 990 - Circa 1035

$130.00
English Vernacular Minuscule from ÆThelred to Cnut, Circa 990 - Circa 1035 by Stokes, Peter A.

English Vernacular Minuscule from ÆThelred to Cnut, Circa 990 - Circa 1035

$130.00
Format: Hardcover
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A new, distinct script, English vernacular minuscule, emerged in the 990s, used for writing in Old English. It appeared at a time of great political and social upheaval, with Danish incursions and conquest, continuing monastic reform, and an explosion of writing and copying in the vernacular. The writings in which it is used have rarely,

Author: Peter A. Stokes
ISBN-10: 1843843692
ISBN-13: 9781843843696
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
Language: English
Published: 04/17/2014
Pages: 309
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d

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