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Uses of the Written Word in Medieval Towns Medieval Urban Literacy II

Uses of the Written Word in Medieval Towns Medieval Urban Literacy II

Uses of the Written Word in Medieval Towns Medieval Urban Literacy II
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Uses of the Written Word in Medieval Towns Medieval Urban Literacy II

by Mostert, A. Adamska

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Brepols - Harvey Miller 2014. Hardcover. XX 453 p., 25 b/w ill., 9 b/w line art, 156 x 234 mm, Languages: English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9782503549606. In medieval towns, examples of personal writing appear more prevalent than in non-urban spaces. Certain urban milieus participating in written culture, however, have been the focus of more scholarship than others. Considering the variety among town dwellers, we may assume that literacy skills differed from one social group to another. This raises several questions: Did attitudes towards the written word result from an experience of the urban educational system? On which levels, and in which registers, did different groups of people have access to writing? The need and the usefulness of written texts may not have been the same for communities and for individuals. In this volume we will concentrate on the town dwellers? personal documents. These documents include practical uses of writing by individuals for their own professional and religious ends, including testaments and correspondence. Besides written records belonging to the domain of ?pragmatic literacy?, other kinds of texts were also produced in town. Was there any connection between practical literacy, literary (and historical) creativity and book production?

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Uses of the Written Word in Medieval Towns Medieval Urban Literacy II
Author
Mostert, A. Adamska
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Used
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Hardcover
ISBN 10
2503549608
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9782503549606
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Brepols - Harvey Miller 2014
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This edition first published
2014
Keywords
Medieval Modern (Indo-European) Languages Literatures Comparative cultural studies through literature Literacy Medieval Renaissance History Medieval European history : main subdisciplines Cultural intellectual history Medieval European history : genres

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