English vernacular minuscule from Æthelred to Cnut c. 990 - c. 1035 /
A new, distinct script, English vernacular minuscule, emerged in the 990s, used for writing in Old English. It appeared at a time of great political and social upheaval, with Danish incursions and conquest, continuing monastic reform, and an explosion of writing and copying in the vernacular, includ...
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| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge :
D.S. Brewer,
2014.
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| Series: | Publications of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies
v. 14. |
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