The multi-lingual pulpit in England (1100–1500)
The multi-lingual pulpit in England (1100–1500)
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英国的多语言讲坛（1100–1500）
DOI：
10.1007/bf00312427
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发表时间：
1996
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0.2
通讯作者：
L. Iglesias
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作者：
L. Iglesias
本文的目的是进一步证明诺曼征服后的250年里法语和英语是如何在讲坛上相互竞争的，并说明拉丁语是如何在布道中保持活力直到12世纪末的。早在我们的世纪，维辛说，绝大多数神职人员必须宣扬法语或拉丁语，因为他们注定要使用这些语言在谈话中。然而，这种说法仅仅是一种直觉，没有同时代的记录支持，并且与威尔逊关于在布道中持续使用英语的说法相反。因此，他们的关键是确定在征服后的英国，向普通人布道时使用的是哪种方言（英语或法语）。根据当代记录提供的证据，我可以断定，诺曼征服后不久，英语就被剥夺了传教的正式地位。到12世纪末，盎格鲁-诺曼语作为文学语言已经获得了相当的声望，作为口语也取得了一定的地位，尽管还没有足够的证据表明它在下层阶级中得到了广泛的使用。但这并不妨碍牧师在教堂里使用它，主要是因为教堂里的许多宗教行为都是包裹在一种复杂神学中的魔法仪式，普通人无法理解。
The idea behind this paper is to provide further evidence of how French and English vied with each other in the pulpit in the two hundred and fifty years following the Norman Conquest and to show how Latin stayed alive in preaching until the end of the twelfth century. Early in our century, Vising stated that the great majority of the clergy must have preached French or Latin as they were bound to use these languages in conversation. This statement is, however, merely an intuition, unsupported by contemporary records, and is in opposition to views such as Wilson's assertion of te continuous usage of English in preaching.They key point, then, is to determine which vernacular language (English or French) was used in preaching to common people in England in the post-Conquest period. In the light of the evidence provided by contemporary records I can conclusively state that English was deprived of its formal station in preaching shortly after the Norman Conquest. By the end of the twelfth century Anglo-Norman had acquired considerable prestige as a literary language and had gained ground as a spoken language too, though there is still not sufficient evidence of its widespread usage among the lower classes. But this must not have been a hindrance to its use by priests at church, basically because many religious acts within church were magical rites wrapped in an elaborate theology that common people could not understand.