Structural and semantic peculiarities of anglo-saxon land charters (IX-XI с.)

About the authors:

Tatyana Y. Belonogova,
Natalia V. Drozhashchikh, Dr. Sci. (Philol.), Associate Professor of the Department of English Philology and Translation Studies, University of Tyumen; n.v.drozhashhikh@utmn.ru; ORCID: 0000-0002-5910-2402

Abstract:

The article is devoted to the analysis of structural and semantic peculiarities of Anglo-Saxon land charters of the IX-XI c. The early official documents of the Anglo-Saxon period evolved through hybridization of religious, legal and administrative discourses. The dominance of Latin contributes to the elements of religious moralizing discourse in the Anglo-Saxon charters. The standardized elements of legal and administrative character gradually prevailed, thus indicating the development of a specialized sphere of institutional discourse. The system of standardized features such as prescriptive nature, precision, standartization, non-personal character marks the emergence of the official document within the field of institutional communication closely connected with morality, culture and law as the dominant moral standards of the epoch.

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