From Memory to Written Record by Michael T Clanchy

From Memory to Written Record by Michael T Clanchy

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Summary

Aims to challenge many of the assumptions about the medieval world. The book describes the evolution of English society from the coming of the Normans to the end of Edward I's reign when the foundations of modern legality and government, based on the written word, were being laid.

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From Memory to Written Record by Michael T Clanchy

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.
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ISBN 13 9780631178231
ISBN 10 0631178236
Title From Memory to Written Record
Author Michael T Clanchy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1992-12-17
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.