![]() English is written and used with Anglo-Norman and French, showing a picture of continuity and change, a world of linguistic and cultural layers where English, Latin and French, old and new, Anglo-Saxon and Anglo-Norman are interleaved.A whole range of kinds of writing is done in English: laws, sermons, saints' lives, land charters, medicinal recipes, prayers ![]() Their extent varies from the big homilaries to single annotations in manuscripts. Hundreds of texts are written in English between 10 right across England.Pursuing these aims has allowed us to bring to light a number of important discoveries: So many texts in English during this important period. To investigate key questions including the status of written English relative toįrench and Latin and to raise awareness of agenda informing the production of On the production and use of English manuscripts in the long post-Conquestįrom the conception of the project to the final delivery, we aimed to identify,Īnalyse and evaluate all manuscripts containing English written in Englandīetween 10 to produce an analytical corpus of material from lateĪnglo-Saxon England, through the Norman Conquest and into the high Middle Ages In our Catalogue, together with some of our already-published work, and newlyĬommissioned writings, forming a holistic and cogent book Here you will find what we have achieved to date The fact that we are able to present a greatĭeal of new research as an integral part of this website is a sign of rapidlyĬhanging scholarly research methodologies, technologies, output possibilitiesĪnd increased impact potential. Preface to an e-book, since we had simply envisaged our manuscript catalogue asĪn electronic database, with the Project's other research findings published When we set out on this intellectual journey, we would not have imagined that we would be writing a This web site is conceived as an electronic book.
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