From Memory to Written Record: England 1066 - 1307, 2nd Edition

by Michael T. Clanchy (University of London)

• ISBN13: 9780631168577
• ISBN10: 0631168575
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-03-01
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

The second edition of Michael Clanchy's widely-acclaimed study of the history of the written word in the Middle Ages is now, after a much lamented absence, republished in an entirely new and revised edition. The text of the original has been revised throughout to take account of the enormous amount of new research following publication of the first edition. The introduction discusses the history of literacy up to the present day; the guide to further reading brings together over 300 new titles up to 1992. In this second edition there are substantially new sections on bureaucracy, sacred books, writing materials, the art of memory, ways of reading (particularly for women), the writing of French, and the relationship of script, imagery and seals. Publication of the new edition also represents the book's first appearance in the United States in paperback.

Author Biography

Michael Clancy taught Medieval History at Glasgow University 1964-85. He now researches at London University at the Institute of Historical Research, University Vollege London, and the Warburg Institute. He is the author of the popular textbook England and its Rulers 1066-1272, and Abelard-A Medieval Life.

Table of 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

Index

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