The Priest in the Multilingual Church. Language as an Aspect of the Functioning of the Lower Clergy in Late Medieval Prussia

Late Medieval Prussia, an area ruled by the Teutonic Order, was a multilingual entity, with the Baltic and Slavic languages used by the local population alongside the German language. This linguistic diversity was a challenge to priests, and to their pastoral work. A command of the languages of thei...

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Main Author: Marcin Sumowski
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Klaipėda University 2020-12-01
Series:Acta Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis
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Online Access:https://e-journals.ku.lt/doi/10.15181/ahuk.v41i0.2213