Languages in the Lutheran reformation : textual networks and the spread of ideas / edited by Mikko Kauko, Miika Norro, Kirsi-Maria Nummila, Tanja Toropainen, and Tuomo Fonsén.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kauko, Mikko, 1983- editor.

Norro, Miika, editor.

Nummila, Kirsi-Maria, 1977- editor.

Toropainen, Tanja, editor.

Fonsén, Tuomo, 1976- editor.

Series:

Crossing boundaries: Turku medieval and early modern studies ; 10.

Crossing Boundaries : Turku medieval and early modern studies ; 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linguistics--Europe.

Linguistics.

Language and languages--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Language and languages.

Transmission of texts--Europe.

Transmission of texts.

Reformation--Europe.

Reformation.

Europe--Languages.

Europe.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This collection of essays charts the influence of the Lutheran Reformation on various (northern) European languages and texts written in them. The central themes of Languages in the Lutheran Reformation: Textual Networks and the Spread of Ideas are: how the ideas related to Lutheranism were adapted to the new areas, new languages, and new contexts during the Reformation period in the 16th and 17th centuries; and how the Reformation affected the standardization of the languages. Networks of texts, knowledge, and authors belong to the topics of the present volume. The contributions look into language use, language culture, and translation activities during the Reformation, but also in the prelude to the Reformation as well as after it, in the early modern period. The contributors are experts in the study of their respective languages, including Czech, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, High German, Icelandic, Latvian, Lithuanian, Low German, Norwegian, Polish, and Swedish. The primary texts explored in the essays are Bible translations, but genres other than biblical are also discussed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Introduction / Nummila, Kirsi-Maria

Part I. The Reception of Luther's Ideas and their Influence for the Development of Written Languages

1. 'QUAE PESTIS UNQUAM TAM PERNICIOSA INVASIT GREGEM CHRISTI?' / Flood, John L.

2. Linguistic Ideas of the Lutheran Reformation in the Genesis of Literary Estonian / Ross, Kristiina

3. The Impact of Lutheran Thought on the Polish Literary Language in the 16th Century / Winiarska-Górska, Izabela

Part II. Effects of Bible Translations on the Evolution of Written Language

4. The Czech Language in Confessional Clashes of the 16th Century / Dittmann, Robert

5. The Swedish Bible Translations and the Transition from Old Swedish to Early Modern Swedish / Pettersson, Jonatan

Part III. Reuse of (Catholic) Texts after the Reformation

6. The Infant Jesus and his Mother in Late Mediaeval and Early Modern Scandinavian Book Culture / Kleivane, Elise / Óskarsdóttir, Svanhildur

7. Frühneuzeitliche Summarien / Seyferth, Sebastian

8. Early Finnish Translations of the Hymn Te Deum laudamus / Toropainen, Tanja

Part IV. Language Contacts and Loanwords

9. Traces of Low German Influence in the Finnish Texts of Mikael Agricola? / Bentlin, Mikko

10. Polyglossia and Nativization / Smit, Merlijn de

11. Medical Discourse in the Oldest Lithuanian Lutheran Texts / Pociūtė, Dainora

12. German Influence on the Christian Discourse of Early Written Latvian / Vanags, Pēteris

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).

ISBN:

1-003-69874-3

90-485-3121-7

9781003698746

OCLC:

1097266019