02799oam 22005172 450 991081760180332120191018070435.090-04-40859-210.1163/9789004408593(CKB)4100000009373189(MiAaPQ)EBC5900147(OCoLC)1104907392(nllekb)BRILL9789004408593(EXLCZ)99410000000937318920190613d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe golden mean of languages forging Dutch and French in the early modern low countries (1540-1620) /Alisa van de HaarLeiden Boston :BRILL,2019.1 online resource (439 pages)Brill's Studies in Intellectual History;volume 305Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, 2018.90-04-35521-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction: fascinating multilingualism -- The multilingual low countries -- Trending topics in European language reflection -- French schools -- Calvinist churches -- Printing houses -- Chambers of rhetoric -- Conclusions."In The Golden Mean of Languages, Alisa van de Haar sheds new light on the debates regarding the form and status of the vernacular in the early modern Low Countries, where both Dutch and French were local tongues. The fascination with the history, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary of Dutch and French has been studied mainly from monolingual perspectives tracing the development towards modern Dutch or French. Van de Haar shows that the discussions on these languages were rooted in multilingual environments, in particular in French schools, Calvinist churches, printing houses, and chambers of rhetoric. The proposals that were formulated there to forge Dutch and French into useful forms were not directed solely at uniformization but were much more diverse".Brill's Studies in Intellectual History;volume 305.Dutch languageHistory16th centuryFrench languageNetherlandsHistory16th centuryLanguages in contactNetherlandsHistory16th centuryMultilingualismNetherlandsHistory16th centuryDutch languageHistoryFrench languageHistoryLanguages in contactHistoryMultilingualismHistory306.4460949Haar Alisa van de1634504NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910817601803321The golden mean of languages3974761UNINA