Heresy and Literacy, 1000-1530 |
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| Editor:
| Biller, Peter
Hudson, Anne |
| Contribution by:
| Minnis, Alastair
Boyde, Patrick
Burrow, John
Copeland, Rita
Deyermond, Alan
Dronke, Peter
Palmer, Nigel
Wetherbee, Winthrop |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-57576-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1996 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $43.99 |
Book Description:
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Did literacy foster popular heresy, or did heresy provide a crucial stimulus to the spread of literacy? This volume considers the importance of the written word in pre-Lutheran heresies, and explores the extent to which heretics' familiarity with books exceeded that of their orthodox contemporaries.
Did literacy foster popular heresy, or did heresy provide a crucial stimulus to the spread of literacy? This volume considers the importance of the written word in pre-Lutheran heresies, and explores the extent to which heretics' familiarity with books exceeded that of their orthodox contemporaries.