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English Caroline Script and Monastic History

Studies in Benedictinism, A.D.950-1030 [Hardback]

by David N. Dumville

    • Author

      David N. Dumville

    • Book Format

      Hardback

    • Publisher

      Boydell & Brewer Ltd

    • Published

      May 1993

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      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.

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      • Author

        David N. Dumville

      • Book Format

        Hardback

      • Publisher

        Boydell & Brewer Ltd

      • Published

        May 1993

      • Weight

        484g

      • Page Count

        224

      • Dimensions

        164 x 244 x 20 mm

      • ISBN

        9780851153230

      • ISBN-10

        0851153232

      • Eden Code

        1196751

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      • Author/Creator: David N. Dumville

      • ISBN: 9780851153230

      • Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

      • Release Date: May 1993

      • Weight: 484g

      • Dimensions: 164 x 244 x 20 mm

      • Eden Code: 1196751


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