Rosamond McKitterick (University of Cambridge)

The Carolingians and the Written Word

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth- and ninth-centuries. Key topics discussed include law and the use of the written word, the economic and social status of the book in Carolingian society and the whole question of lay literacy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Januar 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 468g
• ISBN-13: 9780521315654
• ISBN-10: 0521315654
• Artikelnr.: 21822364

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps and tables
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1. The spoken and the written word
2. law and the written word
3. A literate community: the evidence of the charters
4. The production and possession of books: an economic dimension
5. The organization of written knowledge
6. The literacy of the laity
Epilogue
Index of manuscripts
General index.