The Anglo-Norman Language and its Contexts by Richard Ingham,... - 9781903153307

The Anglo-Norman Language and its ContextsAuthor(s): Richard Ingham, Adam Chapman, Adrian R Bell, Anne Curry, Anthony Lodge, D A Trotter, Eric Haeberli, Jean-Pascal Pouzet, Laura Wright, Louise Sylvester\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: York Medieval Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: York Medieval Press\nISBN-13: 9781903153307, 978-1903153307\nSynopsis\nCollection examining the Anglo-Norman language in a variety of texts and contexts, in military, legal, literary and other forms.\n\nThe question of the development of Anglo-Norman (the variety of medieval French used in the British Isles), and the role it played in the life of the medieval English kingdom, is currently a major topic of scholarly debate. The essays in this volume examine it from a variety of different perspectives and contexts, though with a concentration on the theme of linguistic contact between Anglo-Norman and English, seeking to situate it more precisely in space and time than has hitherto been the case. Overall they s.