The multilingual dynamics of medieval literature in Western Europe, c. 1200-c. 1600 / edited by Bart Besamusca, Lisa Demets, and Jelmar Hugen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Besamusca, Bart, editor.

Demets, Lisa, 1991- editor.

Hugen, Jelmar, 1992- editor.

Series:

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe ; 1784-2859 40.

Medieval texts and cultures of Northern Europe, 1784-2859 ; volume 40

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism--Congresses.

Literature, Medieval.

Literature, Medieval--Criticism, Textual--Congresses.

Multilingualism and literature--Europe, Western--History--To 1500--Congresses.

Multilingualism and literature.

Netherlands--Literatures--To 1500--Congresses.

Netherlands.

Civilization, Medieval--Congresses.

Civilization, Medieval.

Literature, Medieval--History and criticism.

Literature, Medieval--Criticism, Textual.

Europe.

Genre:

proceedings (reports)

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

250 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), charts, facsimiles ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Turnhout : Brepols, [2025]

Summary:

"While the multilingualism of the medieval world has been at the forefront of research agendas across medieval studies in recent years, there nonetheless remain many questions to answer. What, for example, were the stakes and consequences of multilingualism for literary culture? And how do these change if we think of multilingualism through cultural, social, artistic, or material lenses? Taking such concerns as their starting point, the essays in this volume address a variety of aspects of medieval literature and literary culture related to multilingualism. They deal with multilingualism in relation to manuscripts, literary contexts, and historical contexts. The chapters gathered together here address considerations that have been overlooked in previous scholarship, and ask where the future of the study of medieval multilingualism lies. Contributions to the volume are grouped thematically, rather than by date or period, in order to draw out comparative perspectives, with the aim of encouraging innovative new approaches to future research in the field."-- Back cover

Contents:

Introduction / Bart Besamusca, Lisa Demets, and Jelmar Hugen

pt. 1. Multilingualism and materiality.

Looking French : a comparative codicology of manuscripts in multilingual Flanders / Jenneka Janzen

The multilingual dynamics of history in the margins of MS Laud misc. 636 / Michael Lysander Angerer

Explicit and implicit multilingualisms : the Imago mundi and MS Estense a.Q.5. / Natalia I. Petrovskaia

Linguistic diversity in sixteenth-century Antwerp : exploring a multilingual edition of the Historia de Grisel y Mirabella / Rozanne Versendaal

pt. 2. Contact zones and cross-cultural encounters.

The Fourth Crusade and the multilingualism of Flemish literary history : home and away / David Murray

Code-switching in Bethu Brigte, the Old Irish Life of St Brigit : preliminary findings / Érin Nic Coinnigh

Together yet apart? Missing multilingualism in the Middle Dutch Arthurian tradition / Jelmar Hugen

pt. 3. Multilingual institutions and milieus.

Who read what in which language(s) in late medieval Ghent? The evidence of book ownership / Bart Besamusca

Multilingualism and vernacular "intrusions" at the late medieval University of Paris / Teresa Barucci

Women as multilingual readers in late medieval Flanders : exploring the manuscript evidence / Lisa Demets.

Notes:

Revised versions of papers presented at the international conference "The multilingual dynamics of medieval literature in Western Europe," Utrecht, September 21-23, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9782503606231

2503606237

OCLC:

1541819343

Publisher Number:

9782503606231

CIPO000287335