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The concepts of "plurilinguism" and "multilingualism" are normally used in studies dealing with current linguistic realities observed in communities of speakers. This volume collects eleven essays which apply these categories to historical settings, spanning a period from the Middle Ages until the late Renaissance. It demonstrates that contacts between languages have, for centuries, characterized and shaped the linguistic realities of Europe.
Alice Martignoni is a PhD Candidate in Italian Studies at the University of Toronto, Canada, under a "cotutelle"agreement at the École Pratique des Hautes Études, Paris (Section d’Histoire, langue, littératures françaises et romanes).
Franco Pierno is a Full Professor of Italian Linguistics and a member of Trinity College at the University of Toronto, Canada.