The Carolingians and the Written Word |
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| Author:
| McKitterick, Rosamond |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-31565-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1989 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth- and ninth-centuries. Key topics discussed include law and the use of the written word, the economic and social status of the book in Carolingian society and the whole question of lay literacy.
This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth- and ninth-centuries. Key topics discussed include law and the use of the written word, the economic and social status of the book in Carolingian society and the whole question of lay literacy.