TY - BOOK AU - Escalle,Marie-Christine Kok AU - Frijhoff,Willem AU - Kok Escalle,Marie-Christine AU - Leerssen,Joep AU - Sanchez-Summerer,Karène AU - Schröder,Konrad AU - Swiggers,Pierre TI - Multilingualism, Nationhood, and Cultural Identity: Northern Europe, 16th-19th Centuries T2 - Languages and culture in history SN - 9789048530007 AV - P115.5.E85 M8745 2017 U1 - 306.44/6094 PY - 2016///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Language and culture KW - Europe KW - History KW - Languages in contact KW - Multilingualism KW - AUP Wetenschappelijk KW - Amsterdam University Press KW - Language and Literature KW - Linguistics KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative KW - bisacsh KW - Multilingualism Francophonie Language teaching Early Modern period Autodidactics History of language contacts N1 - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Languages and Culture in History. A New Series --; Part I. Approaches to Multilingualism in the Past --; 1. Codes, Routines and Communication. Forms and Meaning of Linguistic Plurality in Western European Societies in Former Times --; 2. Capitalizing Multilingual Competence. Language Learning and Teaching in the Early Modern Period --; Part II. Multilingualism in Early Modern Times: Three Examples --; 3. Plurilingualism in Augsburg and Nuremberg in Early Modern Times --; 4. Multilingualism in the Dutch Golden Age. An Exploration --; 5. Literacy, Usage and National Prestige. The Changing Fortunes of Gaelic in Ireland --; Index; restricted access N2 - Before the modern nation-state became a stable, widespread phenomenon throughout northern Europe, multilingualism-the use of multiple languages in one geographical area-was common throughout the region. This book brings together historians and linguists, who apply their respective analytic tools to offer an interdisciplinary interpretation of the functions of multilingualism in identity-building in the period, and, from that, draw valuable lessons for understanding today's cosmopolitan societies UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048530007?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048530007 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048530007/original ER -