Description: Further DetailsTitle: English Caroline Script and Monastic HistoryCondition: NewSubtitle: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030ISBN-10: 0851153232EAN: 9780851153230ISBN: 9780851153230Publisher: The Boydell PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 05/06/1993Description: An analysis and study of Caroline script from 200 years of ecclesiastical and secular records reveals important historical detail relating to late Anglo-Saxon England.Caroline minuscule script was adopted in England in the mid-tenth century in imitation of Continental usage. A badge of ecclesiastical reform, it was practised in Benedictine scriptoria but was also taken up by members of the royal writing office; the chancery occupied an important place in the pioneering of calligraphic fashions. During its approximately two-century history in England, Caroline script developed a number of forms, in part reflecting different tendencies within the Reform-cause. The Rule of St Benedict was focal for this movement. In the aftermath of the final Scandinavian conquest of England [AD1016] a Canterbury master-scribe created the form ofCaroline writing which was to become a mark of Englishness and outlive the Norman Conquest. In the closing chapter its inventor's career is discussed and his achievement assessed. This volume offers analysis of manuscript evidenceas a basis for the cultural and ecclesiastical history of late Anglo-Saxon England. David N. Dumville is professor of History and Palaeography at the University of AberdeenLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmAuthor: David N. DumvilleGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Studies in Anglo-Saxon HistoryTopic: Architecture & AntiquesItem Weight: 500gRelease Year: 1993 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: English Caroline Script and Monastic History
Title: English Caroline Script and Monastic History
Subtitle: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030
ISBN-10: 0851153232
EAN: 9780851153230
ISBN: 9780851153230
Release Date: 05/06/1993
Release Year: 1993
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Architecture & Antiques
Number of Pages: 222 Pages
Publication Name: English Caroline Script and Monastic History : Studies in Benedictinism, A. D. 950-1030
Language: English
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Subject: Monasticism, Europe / Medieval
Publication Year: 1993
Item Height: 0.7 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 17.6 Oz
Author: David N. Dumville
Item Length: 9.7 in
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: Studies in Anglo-Saxon History Ser.
Item Width: 7.7 in
Format: Hardcover
