Objective Based on comparative studies and contextualisations of European vernacular religious literatures, this project aims at new insights about the dynamics of regional ( vernacular ) identity formation in the 14th and 15th centuries. The investigation will focus on intellectual elites linked in close, supra-regional networks, who gradually introduced the vernacular mode in the dominant theological discourse; at the same time, they increased the symbolical charge of the vernacular languages. The core period studied in the project will be the second half of the 14th century, a period in which new forms of institutionalisation and discursive orientation of ecclesiastic and lay powers began to take shape, and directions were taken that should prove decisive for further development. At the time, Prague was the political and intellectual centre of the Holy Roman Empire, but its international impact is grossly understudied. The project will therefore mainly deal with the rich and little-known production of Czech religious literature. It sets out to reconstruct the personal networks engaged in the creation, translation and propagation of vernacular religious literature, and in the formation of textual communities and cultural identities at the treshold from Latin to the vernaculars. Fields of science humanitieshistory and archaeologyhistorymedieval history Programme(s) FP7-IDEAS-ERC - Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013) Topic(s) ERC-SG-SH6 - ERC Starting Grant - The study of the human past Call for proposal ERC-2010-StG_20091209 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme ERC-SG - ERC Starting Grant Coordinator OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN Address Dr. ignaz seipel-platz 2 1010 Wien Austria See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Pohl (Prof.) Principal investigator Pavlína Rychterová (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window EU contribution No data Beneficiaries (2) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN Austria EU contribution € 811 297,96 Address Dr. ignaz seipel-platz 2 1010 Wien See on map Region Ostösterreich Wien Wien Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Walter Pohl (Prof.) Principal investigator Pavlína Rychterová (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data FILOSOFICKY USTAV AV CR V V I Czechia EU contribution € 188 628,44 Address Jilska 361/1 110 00 Praha See on map Region Česko Severovýchod Královéhradecký kraj Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Katerina Solcova (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Other funding No data
