TY - BOOK AU - Bruschi,Andrea AU - Frijhoff,Willem AU - Khavanova,Olga AU - Kislova,Ekaterina AU - Rjéoutski,Vladislav AU - Rocher,Michael AU - Strien-Chardonneau,Madeleine van TI - Language Choice in Enlightenment Europe: Education, Sociability, and Governance T2 - Languages and culture in history SN - 9789048535507 AV - P140 .L36 2018 U1 - 409.4 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Amsterdam PB - Amsterdam University Press KW - Enlightenment KW - Social aspects KW - Europe KW - Historical linguistics KW - 18th century KW - AUP Wetenschappelijk KW - Amsterdam University Press KW - Language and Literature KW - Modern History KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Historical & Comparative KW - bisacsh KW - education, sociability, Enlightenment, foreign language teaching, multilingualism N1 - Frontmatter --; Table Of Contents --; Introduction --; Learning Vernaculars, Learning In Vernaculars --; Dutch Foreign Language Use And Education After 1750 --; Practice And Functions Of French As A Second Language In A Dutch Patrician Family --; Multilingualism Versus Proficiency In The German Language Among The Administrative Elites Of The Kingdom Of Hungary In The Eighteenth Century --; Introducing The Teaching Of Foreign Languages In Grammar Schools --; Latin In The Education Of Nobility In Russia: The History Of A Defeat --; Latin As The Language Of The Orthodox Clergy In Eighteenth-Century Russia --; Index; restricted access N2 - This multinational collection of essays challenges the traditional image of a monolingual Ancient Regime in Enlightenment Europe, both East and West. Its archival research explores the important role played by selective language use in social life and in the educational provisions in the early constitution of modern society. A broad range of case studies show how language was viewed and used symbolically by social groups“ranging from the nobility to the peasantry“to develop, express, and mark their identities UR - https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048535507?locatt=mode:legacy UR - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9789048535507 UR - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9789048535507/original ER -