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Buch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - More than mere labels, medieval titles strongly defined the identities of the persons or groups who bore them. Ontologies of Titles questions modern assumptions that guide how historians frame social titles; it shows that Norse titles often were indifferent to boundaries between individual and common, person and office. Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book explores how titles were shaped by political practice, textual production, and the conflicting aprioris governing the categorization of beings. It demonstrates how social titles alternated between signaling inherent personal qualities and abstract categories, thus revealing how language operated across multiple ontological registers in structuring social order. (The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.).…

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. More than mere labels, medieval titles strongly defined the identities of the persons or groups who bore them. Ontologies of Titles questions modern assumptions that guide how historians frame social titles; it shows that Norse titles often were indifferent to boundaries between individual and common, person and office.Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book explores how titles were shaped by political practice, textual production, and the conflicting aprioris governing the categorization of beings. It demonstrates how social titles alternated between signaling inherent personal qualities and abstract categories, thus revealing how language operated across multiple ontological registers in structuring social order.(The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.) This book shows medieval Norse titles were not mere labels, but chameleonic forms of being - blurring the boundaries between word and world, individual and common, and organizing an ensemble of corporeality, group affiliation, and authority within a non-modern cosmology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 264 pages. 9.25x6.10x9.25 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. More than mere labels, medieval titles strongly defined the identities of the persons or groups who bore them. Ontologies of Titles questions modern assumptions that guide how historians frame social titles; it shows that Norse titles often were indifferent to boundaries between individual and common, person and office.Drawing on a wide range of sources, the book explores how titles were shaped by political practice, textual production, and the conflicting aprioris governing the categorization of beings. It demonstrates how social titles alternated between signaling inherent personal qualities and abstract categories, thus revealing how language operated across multiple ontological registers in structuring social order.(The open access publication of this book has been published with the support of the Swiss National Science Foundation.) This book shows medieval Norse titles were not mere labels, but chameleonic forms of being - blurring the boundaries between word and world, individual and common, and organizing an ensemble of corporeality, group affiliation, and authority within a non-modern cosmology. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…