ABSTRACT
The global intersection of literacies makes yet another issue more acute, that of the differentiation of scholarly cultures. The field of study of medieval literacy and communication, which is the main subject of the present inquiry, has been defined several times in scholarly literature. The incorporation of East Central Europe into the study of the rise of literacy in medieval Latinitas can prove rewarding, provided some preconditions are met. The global perspective, very fashionable in medieval studies today, is not all that new in research on literacy and communication. The intersection of Latinitas with Slavia Orthodoxa in East Central Europe offers an excellent opportunity to reflect upon some modes of the spread of written communication within the same primordial cultural entity. Within the study of medieval literacy and communication, East Central Europe a privileged area for comparison, but this should be done first of all by the scholars from the region themselves.
