LANGUAGE OF THE MOLDAVIAN LETTERS SENT TO L’VIV
LANGUAGE OF THE MOLDAVIAN LETTERS SENT TO L’VIV

Summary/Abstract: The main aim of the article is to put the development of the language of the Moldavian correspondence with L’viv into the context of both Ruthenian and Romanian Slavonic tradition. The correspondence can be divided into two main groups: the privileges to L’viv merchants (1408-1531) and the communication with the L’viv Orthodox Brotherhood (1558-1634). The oldest privileges do not differ much from the documents of the internal chancellery. Nevertheless, the later privileges do not acquire such a huge Church Slavonic impact, as the internal chancellery does. The correspondence with the L’viv Orthodox Brotherhood generally follows the tendencies of the Ruthenian used in the Lithuanian and Ruthenian Metrica, which include the step-by-step increase of Polonisms and the impact of the language of the Polish-Lithuanian Crown chancelleries.

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