The sign languages of poverty. International round table-discussion Krems an der Donau, October 10 and 11, 2005. - Jaritz, Gerhard (ed.).
international round table-discussion, Krems an der Donau, October 10 and 11, 2005
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Medieval and early modern sources dealt regularly with the problem of "poverty." The term poverty often referred to members of widely divergent groups in society. Various groups of objects, gestures, behaviour, and other cultural aspects were drawn on to express and characterise the "poverties" being described. Independent of the status of the persons or groups of people being described, those characteristics could, on one hand, be identical to each other or based on similar patterns of argumentation; on the other hand, they also could be very different. Such questions were the topic of an international workshop held in the autumn of 2005 at the Institute for the Material Culture of the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Scholars from nine countries met to discuss the importance of the medieval "sign languages of poverty," as well as patterns and differences therein, analysing them comparatively and critically. The interdisciplinary approach offered new insights with ...
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2007Uitgever: Wien, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2007.238 paginasTaal: DuitsISBN-10: 3700137885ISBN-13: 9783700137887Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback. 238,ii pp.: ill.; 22.5 cm. "Philosophisch-Historische Klasse. Forschungen des Instituts für Realienkunde des Mittelalters und der Frühen Neuzeit Diskussionen und Materialien, nr. 8". Text in English. - (small signs of use) Very good, see picture. [The sign languages of poverty. International round table-discussion Krems an der Donau, October 10 and 11, 2005.]
