In:Sociolinguistic Variation in Old English: Records of communities and people
Olga Timofeeva
[Advances in Historical Sociolinguistics 13] 2022
► pp. 87–108
Chapter 5Writs
Conservatism and sociolinguistic variation
Published online: 19 July 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.13.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/ahs.13.c5
Article outline
- 5.1General characteristics of writs
- 5.2The corpus of writs
- 5.3The protocol of writs
- 5.4Case study: Salutation–notification template
- 5.4.1The first attestation of the template and its possible origin
- 5.4.2Corroborating evidence from letters and social status of the correspondents
- 5.4.3Genre evolution and the writs of Cnut the great
- 5.4.4Writs by other social leaders
- 5.4.5The incredible stability of royal writs
- 5.4.6The switch to Latin
- 5.5Conclusions
- 5.6Coda: The afterlife of the template
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