Reversing Babel : Translation Among the English during an Age of Conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200.

Reversing Babel: Translation among the English during an Age of Conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200, starts with a small puzzle: Why did the Normans translate English law, the law of the people they had conquered, from Old English into Latin? Solving thispuzzle meant asking questions about what medieval wr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: O'Brien, Bruce R.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Pub. Group, 2011.
Temas:
To 1500
Translating and interpreting > History > To 1500.
Civilization, Medieval.
Literature, Medieval > Translations > History and criticism.
Civilisation médiévale.
Littérature médiévale > Traductions > Histoire et critique.
Civilization, Medieval
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Translating and interpreting
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Reversing Babel: Translation among the English during an Age of Conquests, c. 800 to c. 1200, starts with a small puzzle: Why did the Normans translate English law, the law of the people they had conquered, from Old English into Latin? Solving thispuzzle meant asking questions about what medieval writers thought about language and translation, what created the need and desire to translate, and how translators went about the work. These are the questions Reversing Babel attempts to answer by providing evidence that comes from the world in which not just Norman translators of law but any transla.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (311 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781611490527
1611490529
9781611490534
1611490537

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