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.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-10
052178218x
ISBN-13
9780521782180
eBay Product ID (ePID)
96737395
Product Key Features
Format
Hardback
Language
English
Subject
History: Specific Subjects
Dimensions
Weight
1210g
Height
228mm
Width
152mm
Additional Product Features
Place of Publication
Cambridge
Spine
40mm
Edited by
Rodney M. Thomson, Nigel J. Morgan
Series Title
The Cambridge History of the Book in Britain
Content Note
87 B/w Illus.
Author Biography
Nigel J. Morgan is Honorary Professor of the History of Art at the University of Cambridge and Emeritus Professor at the University of Oslo. Rodney M. Thomson is Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania.
Date of Publication
27/03/2008
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
History: Specific Subjects
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