Writing, society and culture in early Rus, c. 950-1300

Writing, society and culture in early Rus, c. 950-1300 / Simon Franklin.

"This book provides a thorough survey and innovative analysis of the emergence and functions of written culture in Rus (covering roughly the modern East Slav lands of European Russia, Ukraine and Belarus). Part I introduces the full range of types of writing: the scripts and languages, the mate...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Franklin, Simon
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
Written communication > Kyivan Rus.
Communication and culture > Kyivan Rus.
18.53 Russian literature.
Communication and culture
Written communication
Geschichte
Gesellschaft
Kultur
Schreiben
Schriftlichkeit
Soziale Rolle
Schriftsprache
Graphemik
Russisch.
Schriftcultuur.
Letterkunde.
Cultuurgeschiedenis.
Written communication > Kievan Rus.
Communication and culture > Kievan Rus.
Russia > History > To 1533.
Ukraine > History > 862-1240.
Belarus > History.
Europe > Kyivan Rus
Kiewer Reich
Russland
Belarus
Kievan Rus > History > 862-1237.
Ukraine.
Slawische Sprachen.
Comunicación escrita > Kiev (Rusia)
Comunicación y cultura > Kiev (Rusia)
Table of Contents:
  • Map: Rus and adjacent lands, 10th-13th centuries
  • 1. The written remains
  • 2. Scripts and languages
  • 3. The changing environment
  • 4. Writing and social organisation
  • 5. Writing and learning
  • 6. Writing and pictures
  • 7. Writing and magic
  • 8. Afterword: on the social and cultural dynamics of writing.

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