This volume provides, for the first time, a pan-European view of the development of written languages at a key time in their history: that of the 16th century.

This volume provides, for the first time, a pan-European view of the development of written languages at a key time in their history: that of the 16th century.

This collection offers a cross-disciplinary exploration of the ways in which multilingual practices were embedded in early modern European literary culture, ope

The early modern period is a key historical era for the standardisation of languages in Europe, in which orthographies played an important role. This book trace

With a focus on empirical methods, this book traces the development of European orthographies in the early modern period.