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Aug 24, 2023 · To answer these questions, this book examines 202 literary manuscripts from the period 1350–1500 (that is, every surviving and substantially complete pre-1500 copy of The Prick of Conscience, William Langland’s Piers Plowman, and John Lydgate’s ‘Dietary’ and ‘Stans puer ad mensam’). First, this study suggests that most surviving ...
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Ancient literature comprises religious and scientific documents, tales, poetry and plays, royal edicts and declarations, and other forms of writing that were recorded on a variety of media, including stone, clay tablets, papyri, palm leaves, and metal. Before the spread of writing, oral literature did not always survive well, but some texts and ...
'The chapters that form The Production of Books in England, 1350–1500 are consistently high quality essays that create a well-integrated unit. Gillespie and Wakelin have taken care to envision the overarching purpose of the text and to solicit chapters that further the purpose - historicizing the creation of manuscript texts at the beginning ...
Apr 14, 2011 · Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their first English consumers.
Product filter button Description Contents Resources Courses About the Authors Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their ...
