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Literacy in medieval and early modern Vilnius : forms of writing and rhetorical spaces in the city / Jakub Niedźwiedź

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 55Publisher: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: 1 Online-Ressource (xliv, 765 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsISBN:
  • 9782503604312
  • 9782503604305
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Erscheint auch als: Literacy in Medieval and Early Modern Vilnius. Druck-Ausgabe Turnhout : Brepols, [2023]DDC classification:
  • 306.09 22/eng/20231120
LOC classification:
  • PN183
Online resources: Summary: "Late medieval and early modern cities in Europe could not exist without the use of the written word. Based on a case study of Vilnius --the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the fourteenth -eighteenth centuries --this book shows how rhetoric influenced all the spheres of urban literacy: the rules of writing, rhetorical genres and their functions, and the social practices of producing, preserving, and disseminating texts. Vilnius was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-scriptural city, and its literary culture was particularly rich. What was the legal basis of the city? Who were the professionals of the written word? What was the role of schools and books in the literary culture of the city? How did women participate in Vilnius's textuality? Which rhetorical genres were used? This study is based on research into the different types of texts used in Vilnius: contracts; last wills; sermons; municipal, state, and church records; primers; shopping lists; poetry; manuals; and letters, in Polish, Latin, Ruthenian, Lithuanian, Yiddish, and other languages written or printed in five alphabets. The rhetorical organization of Vilnius can serve as a model for examining other towns of the time. It also shows the complexity of the use of script in the multi-ethnic urban communities of North-Eastern Europe."--PPN: PPN: 1922678384Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB
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