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100 1 $aNedkvitne, Arnved,$d1947-
245 14 $aThe social consequences of literacy in medieval Scandinavia /$cby Arnved Nedkvitne.
260 $aTurnhout :$bBrepols,$cc2004.
300 $axviii, 290 p. :$bill., maps ;$c25 cm.
440 0 $aUtrecht studies in medieval literacy ;$v11
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [257]-276) and indexes.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tLiteracy before 1200 : religious conformity and a new elite identity --$gCh. 2.$tLiteracy 1200-1350 : the construction of great organizations --$gCh. 3.$tLiteracy 1350-1536 : the emergence of a broad, literate elite.
520 1 $a"Between 1000 and 1536 Scandinavia was transformed from a conglomerate of largely pre-state societies to societies with state governments. The state increasingly monopolised "legitimate" violence. Church and state used literacy to strengthen social control in central and important areas: jurisdiction, religion and accounting. Written laws made social norms more precise and easier to change, a necessity in an increasingly complex society. The basic social transformations of the period cannot be attributed to increasing literacy alone, but the written word rendered them more peaceful and gradual, and strengthened social conformity and cohesion.
520 8 $aWriting in Roman letters was introduced late to Scandinavia (ca. 1000 A.D.); consequently the transition from orality to literacy is better documented than in many other European societies. The rich saga literature from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries emerged at the time that administrative literacy was introduced. Until the fourteenth century, literacy was mainly promoted by church and state in their efforts to pacify and control society. Then the literate elites grew, encompassing ever larger groups of officials, clerks, merchants and artisans, many of whom were now educated in town schools. The resulting elite culture prepared the ground for the development of a proto-national identity."--Jacket.
650 0 $aLiteracy$xSocial aspects$zScandinavia$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aLearning and scholarship$zScandinavia$xHistory$yTo 1500.
650 0 $aScandinavian literature$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aCivilization, Medieval.
651 0 $aScandinavia$xSocial conditions.
651 0 $aScandinavia$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aScandinavia$xCivilization.
651 0 $aScandinavia$xPolitics and government.
651 0 $aScandinavia$xChurch history.
653 $aMediaeval socio-cultural history$aLiteracy$aScandinavia
655 7 $aChurch history.$2fast
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aNedkvitne, Arnved, 1947-$tSocial consequences of literacy in medieval Scandinavia.$dTurnhout : Brepols, 2004$w(OCoLC)607446287
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