The Making of Catalan Linguistic Identity in Medieval and Early Modern Times By Vicente Lledó-GuillemEnglish | PDF,EPUB | 2018 | 254 Pages | ISBN : 3319720791 | 3.39 MB
The historical relationship between the Catalan and Occitan languages had a definitive impact on the linguistic identity of the powerful Crown of Aragon and the emergent Spanish Empire. Drawing upon a wealth of historical documents, linguistic treatises and literary texts, this book offers fresh insights into the political and cultural forces that shaped national identities in the Iberian Peninsula and, consequently, neighboring areas of the Mediterranean during the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period.