Voices on birchbark : everyday communication in medieval Russia / by Jos Schaeken.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schaeken, J., author.

Series:

Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; v. 43.

Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ; volume 43

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inscriptions, Russian (Old)--Russia (Federation)--Novgorodskai͡a oblastʹ.

Inscriptions, Russian (Old).

Bark inscriptions--Russia (Federation)--Novgorodskai͡a oblastʹ.

Bark inscriptions.

Russia (Federation)--Novgorodskai︠a︡ oblastʹ.

Russia (Federation)--Novgorodskai͡a oblastʹ.

Physical Description:

xviii, 212 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2018.

Summary:

In Voices on Birchbark Jos Schaeken explores the major role that writing on birchbark - an ephemeral, even `throw-away' form of correspondence and administration - played in the vibrant medieval merchant city of Novgorod and other cities in the Russian Northwest. Birchbark literacy was crucial to the organization of Novgorodian society; it was integrated into a huge variety of activities and had a broad social basis; it was used extensively by the laity, by women as well as men, by villagers as well as landlords. 0Voices on Birchbark is the first book-length study of this unique corpus in English. By examining a representative selection of birchbark texts, Jos Schaeken presents fascinating vignettes of daily medieval life and a holistic picture of the pragmatics of communication in pre-modern societies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Other Format:

Online version: Schaeken, J., author. Voices on birchbark

ISBN:

9789004389403

9004389407

OCLC:

1048941877