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In Voices on Birchbark Jos Schaeken explores the major role that writing on birchbark – an ephemeral, even ‘throw-away’ form of correspondence and administration – played in the vibrant medieval merchant city of Novgorod and other cities in the Russian Northwest. Birchbark literacy was crucial to the organization of Novgorodian society; it was integrated into a huge variety of activities and had a broad social basis; it was used extensively by the laity, by women as well as men, by villagers as well as landlords. Voices on Birchbark is the first book-length study of this unique corpus in English. By examining a representative selection of birchbark texts, Jos Schaeken presents fascinating vignettes of daily medieval life and a holistic picture of the pragmatics of communication in pre-modern societies.

Inscriptions, Russian (Old) --- Bark inscriptions --- Birch bark inscriptions --- Inscriptions on bark --- Paleography --- Writing materials and instruments --- Inscriptions, Old Russian --- Old Russian inscriptions --- Russian inscriptions (Old) --- Novgorodskaia oblast’.

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Stemmen op berkenbast offers a compilation of personal letters written on birchbarck. It is an introduction to medieval communication in Russian Novgorod. This title is available in the OAPEN Library - http://www.oapen.org. Schrijven op berkenbast speelde in de middeleeuwen een wezenlijke rol in de communicatie en sociale organisatie van verschillende Russische steden, met name de stad Novgorod, gelegen ten zuiden van het huidige Sint-Petersburg. Dit boek laat aan de hand van een selectie van overgeleverde berkenbastbrieven zien hoezeer de schrijftraditie geïntegreerd was in het dagelijks leven. De korte mededelingen doen ons vaak denken aan hedendaagse e-mails of sms'jes. Ze waren bedoeld voor alledaagse communicatie over geld en macht, afspraken en conflicten, management en huishouden, ellende en liefde.

Communication. --- Literature. --- Medieval communication. --- Manuscripts, Russian (Old) --- Regions & Countries - Europe --- History & Archaeology --- Russia & Former Soviet Republics --- Inscriptions, Russian (Old) --- Bark inscriptions --- Birch bark inscriptions --- Inscriptions on bark --- Inscriptions, Old Russian --- Old Russian inscriptions --- Russian inscriptions (Old) --- Paleography --- Writing materials and instruments --- Manuscripts, Old Russian --- Old Russian manuscripts --- Russian manuscripts (Old) --- Novgorod (Russia) --- Velikiĭ Novgorod (Russia : To 1999) --- Velikiy Novgorod (Russia : To 1999) --- Gross-Nowgorod (Russia) --- Gospodin Velikiĭ Novgorod (Russia) --- Gosudarʹ Velikiĭ Novgorod (Russia) --- Great Novgorod (Russia) --- Sovereign Great Novgorod (Russia) --- Nowogród Wielki (Russia) --- Novgorod, Russia (City) --- Lord Novgorod the Great (Russia) --- Novgorod Velikiĭ (Russia) --- Novgorod (R.S.F.S.R.) --- Novgorod the Great (Russia) --- Velikij Novgorod (Russia) --- Velikiĭ Novgorod (Russia) --- Antiquities. --- History --- geschiedenis --- history --- geography --- auxiliary disciplines