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The Implications of Literacy: Written Language and Models of Interpretation in the 11th and 12th Centuries
Brian Stock
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Paperback. Explores the influence of literacy on eleventh and twelfth-century life and though on social organization, on the criticism of ritual and symbol, on the rise of empirical attitudes, on the relationship between language and reality, and on the broad interaction between ideas and society. Num Pages: 616 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBJD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 990.
This book explores the influence of literacy on eleventh and twelfth-century life and though on social organization, on the criticism of ritual and symbol, on the rise of empirical attitudes, on the relationship between language and reality, and on the broad interaction between ideas and society. Medieval and early modern literacy, Brian Stock argues, did not simply supersede oral discourse but created a new type of interdependence between the oral and the written. If, on the surface, medieval culture was largely oral, texts nonetheless emerged as a reference system both for everyday activities and for giving shape to larger vehicles ... Read more
This book explores the influence of literacy on eleventh and twelfth-century life and though on social organization, on the criticism of ritual and symbol, on the rise of empirical attitudes, on the relationship between language and reality, and on the broad interaction between ideas and society. Medieval and early modern literacy, Brian Stock argues, did not simply supersede oral discourse but created a new type of interdependence between the oral and the written. If, on the surface, medieval culture was largely oral, texts nonetheless emerged as a reference system both for everyday activities and for giving shape to larger vehicles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
620
Condition
New
Number of Pages
616
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691102276
SKU
V9780691102276
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Reviews for The Implications of Literacy: Written Language and Models of Interpretation in the 11th and 12th Centuries
"This is a major seminal work. It clearly shows in how deep a sense the Middle Ages was by far the most literate period that Western culture had ever know."
Walter J. Ong, Manuscipta
Walter J. Ong, Manuscipta