Book
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Multilingualism and Writing Practices in Defining Communities
Italy in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
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Edited by:
Piera Molinelli
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2026
About this book
How did everyday writing forge communities in Italy from Late Antiquity to the late Middle Ages? This interdisciplinary volume maps multilingual practices across public and private texts produced in diverse social settings. Professional documents, private letters, and other text types reveal a rich linguistic and historical landscape. By reading non-literary documents as socially situated acts, the volume brings together historical sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, paleography, and diplomatics, and invites a rethinking of communities of practice, discourse, and text. Case studies show how “writing from below” shaped communities across multiple social contexts.
Author / Editor information
Piera Molinelli & Chiara Ghezzi, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy.
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook
planned publication:
March 30, 2026
eBook ISBN:
9783112233214
Hardcover
planned publication:
March 30, 2026
Hardcover ISBN:
9783112233207
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
350
Illustrations:
6
Tables:
7
eBook ISBN:
9783112233214
Hardcover ISBN:
9783112233207
Keywords for this book
Multilingualism; Writing Practices; Vernacular Literacy; Medieval Italy; Discourse Communities
Audience(s) for this book
Researchers
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