The Carolingians and the Written Word
"Scholars will find this book an essential reference book for questions of medieval European literacy. It is invaluable in its wealth of information about manuscripts, scribes, monastic patrons, Carolingian nobility, and lay owners of books."   Marsha L. Dutton, Hanover College, in The Library Quarterly"McKitterick has written an important book which more than repays careful study.  She has opened areas for examination which will be expanded, and those topics which she has neglected -- inscriptions are a good example, which she notes -- will be developed.  Her fine manuscript index is very helpful.... McKitterick's work makes a contribution to current historical debate far in excess of its intended compass."   Bernard S. Bachrach, Journal of Interdisciplinary History