Reading in the Wilderness
Subtitle: Private Devotion and Public Performance in Late Medieval England
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: December 15, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780226071329
Subjects: British & Irish history: c 1000 to c 1500; Christian communities & monasticism; Medieval art; Prose & writers: classical, early & medieval; Books And Reading; Medieval Church (476-1517); Religion; Religion - Commentaries / Reference; English; England; European; History; Medieval; Religion / History; Books & Reading; Christianity; Devotion; Middle Ages, 600-1500; Spiritual life
Description: Drawing on the work of W.J.T. Mitchell, Michael Camille, and others, this work addresses the Additional MS 27049, an illustrated Carthusian miscellany housed in the British Library. This revealing artefact, Brantley argues, closes the gap between group spectatorship and private study in late medieval England.