ENGLISH

The Carolingians and the Written Word

By Rosamond McKitterick

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1989
ISBN
052130539X, 9780521305396
LCC
P211.3.E85 M35 1989
Open Library ID
OL2051517M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8862017 bytes)
Pages
305\305
Topic
History
Library
demonoid.me
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

This pioneering book studies the function and status of the written word in Carolingian society in France and Germany in the eighth and ninth centuries. It demonstrates that literacy was by no means confined to a clerical ?lite, but was dispersed in lay society and used for government and administration, as well as for ordinary legal transactions among the peoples of the Frankish kingdom. While employing a huge range of primary material, the author does not confine herself to a functional analysis of the written word in Carolingian northern Europe but goes on to assess the consequences and implications of literacy for the Franks themselves and for the subsequent development of European society after 1000.

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