medieval worlds • no. 11 • 2020
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medieval worlds • no. 11 • 2020 ISSN 2412-3196 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8745-5 Online Edition
Christian Gastgeber
S. 17 - 59 doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no11_2020s17 Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften doi:10.1553/medievalworlds_no11_2020s17
Abstract: This article traces the development of language use in the imperial chancery of Constantinople. After Emperor Justinian I permitted Greek as the official language for documents concerning the Greek-speaking areas, his successors followed this path; Greek was increasingly preferred and started to replace Latin in documents that addressed the entire empire and, in a final stage, in imperial documents directed to Western addressees. To illustrate this process, the respective documents are discussed insofar as the preserved texts allow the drawing of safe conclusions about their original language and the stages of its development. For this reason, the texts are examined with regard to the target audience and, if Latin, to chancery or local translations. Keywords: Byzantine chancery; Latin in Byzantium; Byzantine documents; Byzantine laws; Latin documents in Byzantium Published Online: 2020/06/30 15:24:41 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5572 0x003ba1c8 Rights: .
medieval worlds provides a forum for comparative, interdisciplinary and transcultural studies of the Middle Ages. Its aim is to overcome disciplinary boundaries, regional limits and national research traditions in Medieval Studies, to open up new spaces for discussion, and to help developing global perspectives. We focus on the period from c. 400 to 1500 CE but do not stick to rigid periodization.
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