Language Choice in Enlightenment Europe : : Education, Sociability, and Governance / / Vladislav Rjéoutski, Willem Frijhoff.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter AUP eBook Package 2016-2018
• TeilnehmendeR: Frijhoff, Willem,; Rjéoutski, Vladislav,
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Languages and culture in history ; 6
• Physical Description: 1 online resource :; 1 line art

This multinational collection of essays challenges the traditional image of a monolingual Ancient Regime in Enlightenment Europe, both East and West. Its archival research explores the important role played by selective language use in social life and in the educational provisions in the early constitution of modern society. A broad range of case studies show how language was viewed and used symbolically by social groups-ranging from the nobility to the peasantry-to develop, express, and mark their identities.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table Of Contents -- Introduction / Rjéoutski, Vladislav / Frijhoff, Willem -- Learning Vernaculars, Learning In Vernaculars / Bruschi, Andrea -- Dutch Foreign Language Use And Education After 1750 / Frijhoff, Willem -- Practice And Functions Of French As A Second Language In A Dutch Patrician Family / Strien-Chardonneau, Madeleine van -- Multilingualism Versus Proficiency In The German Language Among The Administrative Elites Of The Kingdom Of Hungary In The Eighteenth Century / Khavanova, Olga -- Introducing The Teaching Of Foreign Languages In Grammar Schools / Rocher, Michael -- Latin In The Education Of Nobility In Russia: The History Of A Defeat / Rjéoutski, Vladislav -- Latin As The Language Of The Orthodox Clergy In Eighteenth-Century Russia / Kislova, Ekaterina -- Index