medieval worlds • no. 15 special issue • 2022
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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medieval worlds • no. 15 special issue • 2022 ISSN 2412-3196 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-9277-0 Online Edition 2022 222 Seiten, Indexed by: ERIH-PLUS, Crossref, DOAJ, EZB
Rutger Kramer,
Graeme Ward
S. 36 - 49 doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no15si_2022s36 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no15si_2022s36
Abstract: This chapter sketches a basic conceptual framework for identifying and analysing the audiences and receptions of the kind of medieval biographical collections studied in this special issue. To do so, it sets out the range of approaches taken by the contributors and situates these approaches in relation to previous scholarship on the reception and interpretation of textual sources. Particular attention is given to the dynamic relationships between those who wrote texts and those who read and utilised them, relationships which are especially pertinent for studying compilations. In the process of transmission and reception, old texts were imbued with new meanings as later readers excerpted, copied and compiled them into novel collections. It is argued that by exploring biographical collections in the light of audience and reception, it is possible to uncover some of the different ways that authors/compilers sought to articulate notions of community. Keywords: audience, reception, transmission, compilation, biography, community, literacy Published Online: 2022/06/08 09:59:24 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5572 0x003d789b Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/
medieval worlds provides a forum for comparative, interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. Its aim is to overcome disciplinary boundaries, regional limits and national research traditions in Medieval Studies, to open up new spaces for discussion, and to help developing global perspectives. We focus on the period from c. 400 to 1500 CE but do not stick to rigid periodization.
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Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
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