Literacy in Medieval and Early Modern Vilnius : forms of writing and rhetorical spaces in the city /

Literacy in Medieval and Early Modern Vilnius : forms of writing and rhetorical spaces in the city /

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Author / Creator:	Niedźwiedź, Jakub, author.
Uniform title:	Kultura literacka Wilna (1323-1655). English
Imprint:	Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2023] ©2023
Description:	xliv, 765 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Utrecht studies in medieval literacy, 2034-9416 ; 55 Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 55.
Subject:	Rhetoric -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- History. Rhetoric -- Poland -- History. Polish literature -- Lithuania -- Vilnius -- History and criticism. Books and reading -- Lithuania -- Vilnius. Publishers and publishing -- Lithuania -- Vilnius. Vilnius (Lithuania) -- Literatures.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13462738

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ISBN:	9782503604305 2503604307
Notes:	Thoroughly revised translation of the Polish original "Kultura literacka Wilna (1323-1655): Retoryczna organizacja miasta." Includes bibliographical references (pages 615-714) and indexes. Translated from the Polish.
Summary:	"Late medieval and early modern cities in Europe could not exist without the use of the written word. Based on a case study of Vilnius --the capital of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in the fourteenth -eighteenth centuries --this book shows how rhetoric influenced all the spheres of urban literacy: the rules of writing, rhetorical genres and their functions, and the social practices of producing, preserving, and disseminating texts. Vilnius was a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, and multi-scriptural city, and its literary culture was particularly rich. What was the legal basis of the city? Who were the professionals of the written word? What was the role of schools and books in the literary culture of the city? How did women participate in Vilnius's textuality? Which rhetorical genres were used? This study is based on research into the different types of texts used in Vilnius: contracts; last wills; sermons; municipal, state, and church records; primers; shopping lists; poetry; manuals; and letters, in Polish, Latin, Ruthenian, Lithuanian, Yiddish, and other languages written or printed in five alphabets. The rhetorical organization of Vilnius can serve as a model for examining other towns of the time. It also shows the complexity of the use of script in the multi-ethnic urban communities of North-Eastern Europe."--
Other form:	9782503604312 e-book version
Standard no.:	9782503604305

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