Uses of the Written Word in Medieval Towns by A. Adamska Mostert ISBN 13: 9782503549606

Turnhout: Brepols N. V.. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 2014. First Edition. Original decorated boards. 2503549608 . With maps. Dent in bottom edge front cover. Light wear to covers otherwise. ; Octavo; xx, 453 pages .

Brepols Publishers, 2014. 1st. hardcover. New. 100x20x148.

Brepols - Harvey Miller 2014. Hardcover. XX 453 p., 25 b/w ill., 9 b/w line art, 156 x 234 mm, Languages: English, Fine copy. Including an index. ISBN 9782503549606. In medieval towns, examples of personal writing appear more prevalent than in non-urban spaces. Certain urban milieus participating in written culture, however, have been the focus of more scholarship than others. Considering the variety among town dwellers, we may assume that literacy skills differed from one social group to another. This raises several questions: Did attitudes towards the written word result from an experience of the urban educational system? On which levels, and in which registers, did different groups of people have access to writing? The need and the usefulness of written texts may not have been the same for communities and for individuals. In this volume we will concentrate on the town dwellers? personal documents. These documents include practical uses of writing by individuals for their own professional and… Read More