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Medieval urban literacy. 1, Writing and the administration of medieval towns
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ISBN: 9782503549590 9782503550077 9782503549606 9782503550084 2503549608 2503549594 Year: 2014 Volume: 27 Publisher: Turnhout: Brepols,


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Oral and written communication in the Medieval countryside : peasants, clergy, noblemen
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ISBN: 9782503589053 2503589057 Year: 2021 Publisher: Turnhout : Brepols Publishers,

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Much has been published over the last decades on the uses of literacy by the clergy, nobility, and town dwellers of the Middle Ages. By comparison, very little attention has been devoted to the use of writing by the inhabitants of the medieval countryside. This book aims to remedy this situation. In many different regions of medieval Europe, the vicinity of even the smallest of towns and market places suggested the use of the written word. Even peasant communities and individual peasants came into contact with writing, and on occasion wrote texts themselves - or had them written for them. The professionals and semi-professionals of the kinds of writing we associate mainly with urban literacy proved to be real ambassadors of pragmatic literacy in the European countryside. The Church was present there as well, with clergy engaged in pastoral care. And the landowners, many of whom belonged to the lower nobility, also played a role in the process by which the countryside slowly but steadily acquired literate mentalities. These fundamental developments are seen against the background of the persistence of those oral and non-verbal forms of communication that continued to be vital in peasant societies. This book offers a selection of scholarly work made available for the first time in English; in addition, articles have been commissioned to augment what has been available for some time in other languages.

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The development of literate mentalities in East Central Europe
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ISBN: 2503514499 9782503514499 Year: 2004 Volume: 9 Publisher: Turnhout: Brepols,

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Centraal-Europa --- Europe centrale --- Europe de l'Est --- Geschiedenis van de Middeleeuwen --- Histoire du Moyen Age --- Littérature médiévale --- Middeleeuwse letterkunde --- Oost-Europa --- Literacy --- Books and reading --- Learning and scholarship --- Civilization, Medieval --- Alphabétisation --- Livres et lecture --- Savoir et érudition --- Civilisation médiévale --- History --- Congresses --- Histoire --- Congrès --- 378.4 <438 KRAKOW> --- 09 <063> --- 094 <4-11> --- 930.85.42 <4-11> --- 940-11 "04/14" --- Universiteiten--Polen--KRAKOW --- Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Congressen --- Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oost-Europa --- Geschiedenis van Oost-Europa--Middeleeuwen --- Education --- Social Sciences --- Education, Special Topics --- 094 <4-11> Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Kostbare en zeldzame boeken. Preciosa en rariora--Oost-Europa --- 09 <063> Handschriften. Oude en merkwaardige drukken. Curiosa--Congressen --- 378.4 <438 KRAKOW> Universiteiten--Polen--KRAKOW --- 940-11 "04/14" Geschiedenis van Oost-Europa--Middeleeuwen --- Alphabétisation --- Savoir et érudition --- Civilisation médiévale --- Congrès --- Illiteracy --- General education --- Erudition --- Scholarship --- Civilization --- Intellectual life --- Learned institutions and societies --- Research --- Scholars --- Appraisal of books --- Books --- Choice of books --- Evaluation of literature --- Literature --- Reading, Choice of --- Reading and books --- Reading habits --- Reading public --- Reading --- Reading interests --- Reading promotion --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Congresses. --- Literacy - Europe, Eastern - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Literacy - Poland - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Literacy - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Literacy - Hungary - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Books and reading - Poland - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Books and reading - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Books and reading - Hungary - History - To 1500 - Congresses --- Learning and scholarship - Poland - History - Medieval, 500-1500 - Congresses --- Learning and scholarship - Czech Republic - Bohemia - History - Medieval, 500-1500 - Congresses --- Learning and scholarship - Hungary - History - Medieval, 500-1500 - Congresses --- Civilization, Medieval - Congresses

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