Literacy in Medieval and Early Modern Vilnius
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 r...
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1509802025-02-10T17:03:49Z Literacy in Medieval and Early Modern Vilnius Niedzwiedz, Jakub Literacy Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 500-1500) Scandinavian & Baltic lands (c. 1501-1800) thema EDItEUR::C Language and Linguistics::CF Linguistics::CFC Literacy 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. 2025-02-10T17:03:48Z 2025-02-10T17:03:48Z 2023 book ONIX_20250210_9782503604305_53 9782503604305 9782503604312 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/150980 eng Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://www.brepols.net/products/IS-9782503604305-1 https://www.brepolsonline.net/action/showBook?doi=10.1484%2FM.USML-EB.5.132178 Brepols Brepols 10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.132178 10.1484/M.USML-EB.5.132178 337417f5-5e42-49d3-8b32-3867e1572190 9782503604305 9782503604312 Brepols 55 810 Turnhout open access |
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