The Uses of Script and Print, 1300-1700

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Julia C. Crick, Alexandra Walsham
Cambridge University Press, 2004 - Design - 298 pages
This volume investigates written communication in the two centuries before and the two centuries after the introduction of printing. Focusing on England, it explores the boundaries between script and print and considers the relationship of these media with the culture of speech. The contributors consider the uses of script and print by a variety of individuals, groups and communities in the spheres of religion, law, scholarship and politics. They also reassess long-standing assumptions about the impact of printing and the historical fissures it had come to represent.
 

Contents

the case of Julian of Norwich
29
the Benedictines
71
legal authority and judicial accessibility in
95
transcription and English
116
manuscript print and the text
135
The functions of script in the speech community of a late
157
the uses of script print
191
script print
211
the scribal culture of
235
Thomas Edwards
255
Epilogue
275
Index
290
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