From Memory to Written Record: England 1066-1307
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| Year of Publication |
1993
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| Edition |
2
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| Language |
English
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| Number of Pages |
407 pp.
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| Publisher |
Blackwell Publishers
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| City |
Oxford, England
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| ISBN |
9780631178231
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| Annotation |
Useful survey of writing, literacy, and librarianship in medieval England.
Contents:
List of Plates
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
The Making of Records
Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest
The Proliferation of Documents
Types of Record
The Technology of Writing
The Preservation and Use of Documents
The Literate Mentality
Languages of Record
Literate and Illiterate
Hearing and Seeing
Trusting and Writing
Practical Literacy
Plates
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