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English Caroline Script and Monastic History

Studies in Benedictinism, A.D.950-1030

  • Hardback
  • 224 pages
  • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
  • 16.4 x 24.4 x 2 cm

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For history lovers and script enthusiasts alike.

English Caroline Script reveals rich monastic history.

Discover how this script shapes your understanding today.

Discover the fascinating history of the Caroline script and its impact on English ecclesiastical reform in this insightful book by David N. Dumville.

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 (AD 1016) a Canterbury master-scribe created the form of Caroline 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 evidence as a basis for the cultural and ecclesiastical history of late Anglo-Saxon England. DAVID N. DUMVILLE is Reader in Early Medieval History and Culture of the British Isles at the University of Cambridge.
English Caroline Script and Monastic History and Liturgy and the Ecclesiastical History of Late Anglo-Saxon England
Liturgy and the Ecclesiastical History of Late Anglo-Saxon EnglandEnglish Caroline Script and Monastic History

  • Title

    English Caroline Script and Monastic History

  • Author

    David N. Dumville

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Boydell & Brewer Ltd

  • Published

    May 1993

  • Weight

    502g

  • Page Count

    224

  • Dimensions

    16.4 x 24.4 x 2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780851153230

  • ISBN-10

    0851153232

  • Eden Code

    1196751

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