Writing, society and culture in early Rus, c. 950-1300
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Author
Publication
2002 - Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England
Language
English
Word Count
81,250 words, Guess
Page Count
325 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewritingsocietycu00fran
- ISBN-100521813816
- ISBN-139780521813815
- LibraryThing2053941
- Goodreads2939230
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- Library of Congress Control Number2001052857
- Library of Congress Control Number2010522780
- OCLC Control Number48397799
- OCLC Control Number228301827
- OCLC Control Number56213081
- OCLC Control Number427491406
- OCLC Control Number465032081
- OCLC Control Number70751157
- OCLC Control Number237630513
- OCLC Control Number271788114
- OCLC Control Number670077593
- Better World Books9780521813815
- Open LibraryOL3954098M
Classifications
- DDC302.2/244/0947
- LCCP211.3.K54 F73 2002
- LCCP211.3.K54 F7318 2010
Description
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 materials, the social and physical contexts, ranging from builders' scratches on bricks through to luxurious parchment manuscripts. Part II presents a series of thematic studies of the 'socio-cultural dynamics' of writing, in order to reveal and explain distinctive features in the Rus assimilation of the technology. The comparative approach means that the book may also serve as a case-study for those with a broader interest either in medieval uses of writing or in the social and cultural history of information technologies. Overall, the impressive scholarship and idiosyncratic wit of this volume commend it to students and specialists in Russian history and literature alike. Awarded the Alec Nove Prize, given by the British Association for Slavonic and East European Studies for the best book of 2002 in Russian, Soviet or Post-Soviet studies.
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xv, 325 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
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