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Author Joby, Christopher Richard.

Title The Dutch language in Britain (1550-1702) : a social history of the use of Dutch in early modern Britain / by Christopher Joby.

Publication Info. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm).
text file
Series Brill's Studies in Language, Cognition and Culture ; 10
Brill's studies in language, cognition and culture ; 10.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary Chris Joby offers an account of the knowledge and use of Dutch in early modern Britain. Using extensive archive material from Britain and the Low Countries, Chris Joby demonstrates that Dutch was both written and spoken in a range of social domains including the church, work, learning, the home, diplomacy, the military and navy, and the court. Those who used the language included artisans and their families fleeing religious and economic turmoil on the continent; the Anglo-Dutch King, William III; and Englishmen such as the scientist, Robert Hooke. Joby’s account adds both to our knowledge of the use of Dutch in the early modern period and multilingualism in Britain at this time.
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Subject Dutch language -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.
Dutch language -- Social aspects.
Great Britain.
Dutch language.
Multilingualism -- Great Britain -- History.
Multilingualism.
History.
Dutch language -- History -- 16th century.
Chronological Term 16th century
Subject Dutch language -- History -- 17th century.
Chronological Term 17th century
Subject Dutch language -- History -- 18th century.
Chronological Term 18th century
Subject Great Britain -- History -- 1485-
Chronological Term 1485-
Since 1485
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: 9789004285187 9004285180 (DLC) 2014043020
ISBN 9004285210 (electronic book)
9789004285217 (electronic book)
9789004285187 (hardback ; alkaline paper)
9004285180 (hardback ; alkaline paper)