English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030 (Studies in Anglo-Saxon History)
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English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030 (Studies in Anglo-Saxon History)

English Caroline Script and Monastic History: Studies in Benedictinism, AD 950-1030 (Studies in Anglo-Saxon History)

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David N. Dumville (Author)  

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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 Aberdeen 16 b/w illus.
  • Contributor: David N. Dumville
  • Imprint: The Boydell Press
  • ISBN13: 9780851153230
  • Number of Pages: 222
  • Packaged Dimensions: 156x234mm
  • Format: Hardback
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • Release Date: 1993-05-06
  • Series: Studies in Anglo-Saxon History
  • Binding: Hardback

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