Post-Conquest Forged Charters Containing English: A List
Post-Conquest Forged Charters Containing English: A List
Author(s): Paulina ZagórskaSubject(s): Language studies, Cultural history, History of Law, Diplomatic history, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Anglistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: charter; forgery; Norman Conquest; transitional English; diplomatics;
Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a list of sixty-nine forged charters containing English produced following the Norman Conquest of 1066. The list can be considered a supplement to The Production and Use of English Manuscripts 1066–1220 (Da Rold et al. 2010) – a project conducted jointly at the University of Leeds and University of Leicester collecting all known texts containing English, in order to provide an insight and allow research into “transitional”, post-Conquest English. The paper outlines the significance of charters in the Medieval world, and discusses some key issues and misconceptions related to studying this period in the history of the English language.
Journal: ANGLICA - An International Journal of English Studies
- Issue Year: 31/2022
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 93-107
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English
