Writing the early Medieval West: studies in honour of Rosamond McKitterick

Far from the oral society it was once assumed to have been, early medieval Europe was fundamentally shaped by the written word. This book offers a pioneering collection of fresh and innovative studies on a wide range of topics, each one representing cutting-edge scholarship, and collectively setting...

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Other Authors: Screen, Elina ca. 20./21. Jh (Editor), West, Charles 1979- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2018
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Summary:Far from the oral society it was once assumed to have been, early medieval Europe was fundamentally shaped by the written word. This book offers a pioneering collection of fresh and innovative studies on a wide range of topics, each one representing cutting-edge scholarship, and collectively setting the field on a new footing. Concentrating on the role of writing in mediating early medieval knowledge of the past, on the importance of surviving manuscripts as clues to the circulation of ideas and political and cultural creativity, and on the role that texts of different kinds played both in supporting and in subverting established power relations, these essays represent a milestone in studies of the early medieval written word
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 May 2018)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 315 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108182386
DOI:10.1017/9781108182386

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