The Book and the Magic of Reading in the Middle Ages (Garland Medieval Bibliographies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: April 1, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library binding
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780815332305
Subjects: Cultural studies; Literacy; Literary studies: classical, early & medieval; World history: c 500 to C 1500; To 1500; Literary Criticism; Literature And Society; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Medieval; Literature, Medieval; Literary Criticism & Collections / General; Europe, Western; Books And Reading; Books and reading in literature; History; History and criticism
First sentence: The Scholastic debate in thirteenth century Paris over the roles of faith and reason in determining knowledge gave rise to several brilliant paradigms which allowed for a synthesis of these two modes of knowing.