Table of Contents

Preface.

1. The Social History of Language.

2.'Heu Domine, Adsunt Turcae': a Sketch for a Social History of Post-Medieval Latin.

3. Language and Identity in Early Modern Italy.

4. The Art of Conversation in Early Modern Europe.

5.Notes for a Social History of Silence in Early Modern Europe.

Bibliography.

Index.

About the Author

Peter Burke is Reader in Cultural History at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Emmanuel College.