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Voices on birchbark : everyday communication in medieval Russia /
In Voices on Birchbark Jos Schaeken explores the major role that writing on birchbark - an ephemeral, even 'throw-away' form of correspondence and administration - played in the vibrant medieval merchant city of Novgorod and other cities in the Russian Northwest. Birchbark literacy was cru...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2018.
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| Series: | Studies in Slavic and general linguistics ;
v. 43. |
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Intro; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Figures; Abbreviations; Notes on Translation, Transliteration, Terminology, and References; Part I: Writing on Birchbark; Chapter 1. Historical and Geographical Context; Chapter 2. Sites and Distribution; Chapter 3. Dating and Periodization; Chapter 4. Writing Technology and Practice; Chapter 5. Users and Literacy; Chapter 6. Intersections between Birchbark Writing and Graffiti; Chapter 7. Language and Communication; Part II: Communication in Daily Life; Chapter 1. Preliminary Remarks; Chapter 2. Commerce and Finance
- Chapter 3. Law and AdministrationChapter 4. Estate Management; Chapter 5. Family Life and Household Management; Chapter 6. Learning to Read and Write; Chapter 7. Church, Religion, and Folk Belief; Chapter 8. Witnesses to History; Chapter 9. Non-Slavic on Birchbark; Part III: The Pragmatics of Communication; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. The Orality Factor; Chapter 3. The Role of the Messenger; Chapter 4. Communicatively Heterogeneous Letters; Chapter 5. Social Networks; Some Final Thoughts; Color Plates; References; Index of Birchbark Documents; Index of Subjects