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This book is about reading practice and experience in late medieval and early modern England. It focuses on the kinds of literatures that were more readily available to the widest spectrum of the population. Four case studies from many possibilities have been selected, each examining a particular type of popular literature under the headings 'religious', 'moral', 'practical' and 'fictional'. A key concern of the book is how we might use particular types of evidence in order to understand more about reading practice and experience, so issues of method and approach are discussed fully in the opening chapter. One distinctive element of this book is that it attempts to uncover evidence for the reading practices and experiences of real, rather than ideal, readers, using evidence that is found within the material of a book or manuscript itself, or within the structure of a specific genre of literature. Salter attempts to negotiate a path through a set of methodological and interpretive issues in order to arrive at a better understanding of how people may have read and what they may have read. This, in turn, leads on to how we may interpret the evidence that manuscripts and early printed books provide for the ways that medieval and early modern people engaged with reading. This book will be of interest to academics and research students who study the history of reading, popular culture, literacy, manuscript and print culture, as well as to those interested more generally in medieval and early modern society and culture.

English literature --- Books and reading --- 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 --- History and criticism. --- History --- Appraisal --- Evaluation --- Great Britain --- Intellectual life --- Prose: Non-Fiction --- LITERARY CRITICISM / General --- Biography & non-fiction prose --- English. --- early modern England. --- fictional literature. --- literary form. --- literary voice. --- manuscript. --- material evidence. --- moral reading. --- page layout. --- popular reading. --- practical texts. --- printed book. --- reading experience. --- reading practice. --- religious texts.

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930.85.44 <41> --- 930.85.44 <41> Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- Cultuurgeschiedenis: Renaissance--Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland --- England --- Great Britain --- Civilization --- Court and courtiers --- History

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History of the United Kingdom and Ireland --- Christian church history --- History of the Low Countries --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1600-1699 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Pietism --- Piétisme --- History. --- Histoire --- England --- Angleterre --- Religious life and customs. --- Vie religieuse --- Piety --- 248 <420> "04/14" --- Spiritualiteit. Ascese. Mystiek. Vroomheid--Engeland--Middeleeuwen --- History --- Piétisme --- Christian life --- Spiritual life --- Kent (England) --- Kent, Eng. --- County of Kent (England)

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Studies of the vernacular in the period 1300-1550 have tended to focus exclusively upon language, to the exception of the wider vernacular culture within which this was located. The essays in this collection draw upon a wide range of source material, including buildings, devotional and educational literature, and parliamentary and civic records, in order to expand and elaborate our idea of the vernacular. Each contributor addresses central ideas about the nature and identity of the vernacular and how we appraise it, involving questions about nationhood, popularity, the commonalty, and the conflict and conjunction of the vernacular with the non-vernacular. These notions of vernacularity are situated within studies of reading practices, heresy, translation, gentry identity, seditious speech, and language politics. By considering the nature of vernacularity, these essays explore whether it is possible to perceive a common theory of vernacular use and practice at this time.

English language --- Book history --- Historical linguistics --- Old English literature --- anno 1400-1499 --- anno 1300-1399 --- anno 1500-1599 --- Language and culture --- Christian literature, English (Middle) --- English literature --- Books and reading --- Anglais (Langue) --- Langage et culture --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Littérature anglaise --- Livres et lecture --- History --- Histoire --- Criticism, Textual --- 091 =20 --- 091 =916.6 --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Welsh --- English --- Languages & Literatures --- English Language --- Criticism, Textual. --- History. --- 091 =916.6 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Welsh --- 091 =20 Handschriftenkunde. Handschriftencatalogi--Engels --- Littérature chrétienne anglaise (moyen anglais) --- Littérature anglaise --- Culture and language --- Culture --- Germanic languages --- Christian literature, English --- Christian literature, Middle English --- English Christian literature, Middle --- Middle English Christian literature --- 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 --- Middle English, 1100-1500 --- England --- To 1500 --- Wales --- Christian literature [English ] (Middle) --- Criticism [Textual ] --- English language - Middle English, 1100-1500 - History --- Language and culture - England - History - To 1500 --- Language and culture - Wales - History - To 1500 --- Christian literature, English (Middle) - Criticism, Textual --- English literature - Middle English, 1100-1500 - Criticism, Textual --- Books and reading - England - History - To 1500 --- Books and reading - Wales - History - To 1500