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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.

Historical linguistics --- Sociolinguistics --- anno 1500-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Europe: North --- Multilingualism --- Languages in contact --- Language and culture --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Areal linguistics --- Plurilingualism --- Polyglottism --- Language and languages --- History. --- Multilingualism Francophonie Language teaching Early Modern period Autodidactics History of language contacts.