The making of Catalan linguistic identity in Medieval and Early Modern times / Vicente Lledó-Guillem.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lledó-Guillem, Vicente, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catalan language--History.

Catalan language.

History.

Occitan language--History.

Occitan language.

Physical Description:

viii, 250 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.

Summary:

The historical relationship between the Catalan and Occitan languages had a definitive impact on the linguistic identity of the powerful Crown of Aragon and the emergent Spanish Empire. Drawing upon a wealth of historical documents, linguistic treatises and literary texts, this book offers fresh insights into the political and cultural forces that shaped national identities in the Iberian Peninsula and, consequently, neighboring areas of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period. The textual approach taken in these pages exposes the multifaceted ways in which the boundaries between the region?s most prestigious languages were contested, and demonstrates how linguistic identities were linked to ongoing struggles for political power. As the analysis reveals, the ideological construction of Occitan would play a crucial role in the construction of a unified Catalan, and Catalan would, in turn, give rise to a fervent debate around ?Spanish? language that has endured through the present day.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9783319720791

3319720791

OCLC:

1021036640