Description: Further DetailsTitle: Pragmatic Literacy, East and West, 1200-1330Condition: NewISBN-10: 0851156959EAN: 9780851156958ISBN: 9780851156958Publisher: The Boydell PressFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 03/13/1997Description: Studies of the uses of literacy for the exercise of political and economic power, in Latin Christendom and the wider world.This pioneering collection of studies is concerned with the way in which increasing literacy interacted with the desire of thirteenth-century rulers to keep fuller records of their government's activities, and the manner in whichthis literacy could be used to safeguard or increase authority. In Europe the keeping of archives became an increasingly normal part of everyday administrative routines, and much has survived, owing to the prolonged preference forparchment rather than paper; in the Eastern civilisations material is more scarce. Papers discuss pragmatic literacy and record keeping in both West and East, through the medium of both literary and official texts. Thelate Professor RICHARD BRITNELL taught in the Department of History at the University of Durham. Contributors: RICHARD BRITNELL, THOMAS BEHRMANN, MANUEL RIU, OLIVER GUYOTJEANNIN, GÉRARD SIVÉRY, MANFRED GROTEN, MICHAELNORTH, MICHAEL PRESTWICH, PAUL HARVEY, GEOFFREY MARTIN, GEOFFREY BARROW, ROBERT SWANSON, NICHOLAS OIKONOMIDES, ELIZABETH ZACHARIADOU, I.H. SIDDIQUI, TIMOTHY BROOK, YOSHIYASU KAWANELanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 234mmItem Length: 156mmContributor: Richard Britnell (Edited by), E.A. Zachariadou (Contributions by), G Martin (Contributions by), G W S Barrow (Contributions by), G. Sivery (Contributions by), I.H. Siddiqui (Contributions by), M. Groten (Contributions by), Manuel Riu (Contributions by), Michael North (Contributions by), Nicholas Oikonomides (Contributions by), Oliver Guyot Jeannin (Contributions by), Paul D A Harvey (Contributions by), Richard Britnell (Contributions by), Robert N Swanson (Contributions by), T Behrmann (Contributions by), Tim Brook (Contributions by), Yoshiyasu Kawane (Contributions by)Genre: HistoryItem Weight: 1gTopic: Law & Politics, Language & ReferenceAuthor: Richard BritnellRelease Year: 1997 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Pragmatic Literacy, East and West, 1200-1330
Title: Pragmatic Literacy, East and West, 1200-1330
ISBN-10: 0851156959
EAN: 9780851156958
ISBN: 9780851156958
Release Date: 03/13/1997
Release Year: 1997
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Contributor: Yoshiyasu Kawane (Contributions by)
Genre: History
Topic: Language & Reference
Number of Pages: 274 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Pragmatic Literacy, East and West, 1200-1330
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, The Limited
Item Height: 0.8 in
Publication Year: 1997
Subject: Literacy, Europe / Medieval
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: G. W. S. Barrow
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines, History
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
