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Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300 (Paperback)
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Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300 (Paperback)
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This book provides a thorough survey and analysis of the emergence
and functions of written culture in Rus (covering roughly the
modern East Slav lands of European Russia, Ukraine and Belarus).
Part I introduces the full range of types of writing: the scripts
and languages, the materials, the social and physical contexts,
ranging from builders' scratches on bricks through to luxurious
parchment manuscripts. Part II presents a series of thematic
studies of the 'socio-cultural dynamics' of writing, in order to
reveal and explain distinctive features in the Rus assimilation of
the technology. The comparative approach means that the book may
also serve as a case-study for those with a broader interest either
in medieval uses of writing or in the social and cultural history
of information technologies. Overall, the impressive scholarship
and idiosyncratic wit of this volume commend it to students and
specialists in Russian history and literature alike. Awarded the
Alec Nove Prize, given by the British Association for Slavonic and
East European Studies for the best book of 2002 in Russian, Soviet
or Post-Soviet studies.
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