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Studies of the vernacular in the period 1300-1550 have tended to focus exclusively upon language, to the exception of the wider vernacular culture within which this was located. The essays in this collection draw upon a wide range of source material, including buildings, devotional and educational literature, and parliamentary and civic records, in order to expand and elaborate our idea of the vernacular. Each contributor addresses central ideas about the nature and identity of the vernacular and how we appraise it, involving questions about nationhood, popularity, the commonalty, and the conflict and conjunction of the vernacular with the non-vernacular. These notions of vernacularity are situated within studies of reading practices, heresy, translation, gentry identity, seditious speech, and language politics. By considering the nature of vernacularity, these essays explore whether it is possible to perceive a common theory of vernacular use and practice at this time.

English language --- Book history --- Historical linguistics --- Old English literature --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1300-1399 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Language and culture --- Christian literature, English (Middle) --- English literature --- Books and reading --- Anglais (Langue) --- Langage et culture --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Littérature anglaise --- Livres et lecture --- History --- Histoire --- Criticism, Textual --- 091 =20 --- 091 =916.6 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Welsh --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Language --- Criticism, Textual. --- History. --- 091 =916.6 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Welsh --- 091 =20 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Littérature anglaise --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Germanic languages --- Christian literature, English --- Christian literature, Middle English --- English Christian literature, Middle --- Middle English Christian literature --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Middle English, 1100-1500 --- England --- To 1500 --- Wales --- Christian literature [English ] (Middle) --- Criticism [Textual ] --- English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History --- Language and culture - England - History - To 1500 --- Language and culture - Wales - History - To 1500 --- Christian literature, English (Middle) - Criticism, Textual --- English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Criticism, Textual --- Books and reading - England - History - To 1500 --- Books and reading - Wales - History - To 1500