{"product_id":"the-uses-of-literacy-in-early-mediaeval-europe-paperback-9780521428965","title":"The Uses of Literacy in Early Mediaeval Europe (Paperback) 9780521428965","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Uses of Literacy in Early Mediaeval Europe\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book investigates the importance of literacy in early medieval Europe in a number of different societies between c. 400 and c. 1000.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRosamond McKitterick (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521428965, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 23 April 1992\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e364 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.51 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Overall, this collection of articles constitutes an important and welcome contribution to our understanding of a period in which literacy has traditionally either been ignored or associated with decline.\"   History\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book investigates the ways in which literacy was important in early mediaeval Europe, and examines the context of literacy, its uses, levels, and distribution, in a number of different early mediaeval societies between c. 400 and c. 1000. The studies, by leading scholars in the field, set out to provide the factual basis from which assessments of the significance of literacy in the early mediaeval world can be made, as well as analysing the significance of literacy, its implications, and its consequences for the societies in which we observe it. In all cases, the studies represent recent research and bring evidence such as the recent archaeological discoveries at San Vincenzo al Volturno to the subject. They provide fascinating insight into the attitudes of early mediaeval societies towards the written word and the degree to which these attitudes were formed. This period is shown as fundamental for the subsequent uses of literacy in mediaeval and modern Europe.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction Rosamond McKitterick\u003cbr\u003e 1. Literacy in Ireland: the evidence of the Patrick dossier in the Book of Armagh Jane Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e 2. Anglo-Saxon lay society and the written word Susan Kelly\u003cbr\u003e 3. Administration, law and culture in Merovingian Gaul Ian Wood\u003cbr\u003e 4. Literacy and the papal government in late antiquity and the early middle ages Thomas F. X. Noble\u003cbr\u003e 5. Literacy and the laity in early mediaeval Spain Roger Collins\u003cbr\u003e 6. Aspects of mediaeval Jewish literacy Stefan C. Reif\u003cbr\u003e 7. Writing in early mediaeval Byzantium Margaret Mullet\u003cbr\u003e 8. Literacy displayed: the use of inscriptions at the monastery of San Vincenzo al Volturno in the early ninth century John Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e 9. Royal government and the written word in late Anglo-Saxon England Simon Keynes\u003cbr\u003e 10. Literacy in Carolingian government Janet L. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e 11. Text and image in the Carolingian world Rosamond McKitterick\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion Rosamond McKitterick\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], European history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on European history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22European%20history%20%5BHBJD%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45909187559704,"sku":"9780521428965","price":40.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521428965I_22f51267-014c-4e93-99ee-c8c57e73b746.jpg?v=1691381693","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-uses-of-literacy-in-early-mediaeval-europe-paperback-9780521428965","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}