The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume 2, 1100-1400 Paperback / softback
Edited by Nigel J. (University of Cambridge) Morgan, Rodney M. (University of Tasmania) Thomson
Part of the The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain series
Paperback / softback
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This is the first history of the book in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the early fifteenth century.
The twenty-six expert contributors to this volume discuss the manuscript book from a variety of angles: as physical object (manufacture, format, writing and decoration); its purpose and readership (books for monasteries, for the Church's liturgy, for elementary and advanced instruction, for courtly entertainment); and as the vehicle for particular types of text (history, sermons, medical treatises, law and administration, music).
In all of this, the broader, changing social and cultural context is kept in mind, and so are the various connections with continental Europe.
The volume includes a full bibliography and 80 black and white plates.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:717 pages, 81 Plates, black and white; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 5 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/03/2014
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- ISBN:9781107636767
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:717 pages, 81 Plates, black and white; 1 Halftones, unspecified; 5 Line drawings, unspecified
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:27/03/2014
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- ISBN:9781107636767
