From memory to written record, England 1066-1307
By: M.T. Clanchy.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell; Blackwell Publishers; Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford; Cambridge, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 407
Subjects: Written communication -- England -- History.; Public administration -- England -- History.; Oral communication -- England -- History.; Public records -- England -- History.; Literacy -- England -- History.; Scriptoria -- England.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1066-1485.; England -- Languages.
Description: From the Publisher: The second edition of Michael Clanchy's widely-acclaimed study of the history of the written word in the Middle Ages is now, after a much lamented absence, republished in an entirely new and revised edition. The text of the original has been revised throughout to take account of the enormous amount of new research following publication of the first edition. The introduction discusses the history of literacy up to the present day; the guide to further reading brings together over 300 new titles up to 1992. In this second edition there are substantially new sections on bureaucracy, sacred books, writing materials, the art of memory, ways of reading (particularly for women), the writing of French, and the relationship of script, imagery and seals. Publication of the new edition also represents the book's first appearance in the United States in paperback.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-345) and index.