Inventing Slavonic : cultures of writing between Rome and Constantinople /

In this meticulously researched study, Mirela Ivanova offers a new critical history of the invention of the Slavonic alphabet. Showing how the alphabet was not invented once, but rather continually contested and redefined in the century following its creation, Ivanova challenges the prevalent nation...

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Main Author:	Ivanova, Mirela (Historian) (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2024]
Series:	Oxford studies in Byzantium.
Subjects:	Slavic languages > Alphabet > History. Church Slavic language > History. Europe. HISTORY. Alphabets & Writing Systems. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES. Language teaching & learning. Language. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	In this meticulously researched study, Mirela Ivanova offers a new critical history of the invention of the Slavonic alphabet. Showing how the alphabet was not invented once, but rather continually contested and redefined in the century following its creation, Ivanova challenges the prevalent nationalist historiography that has built up around it.
Item Description:	Also issued in print: 2024.
Physical Description:	1 online resource : illustrations, maps.
Audience:	Specialized.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	9780191996375 0191996378