Engaging Words: The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)

Engaging Words: The Culture of Reading in the Later Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)

by Bonnie Wheeler (Foreword), Laurel Amtower (Author), Bonnie Wheeler (Foreword), Laurel Amtower (Author)

Synopsis

By drawing on images from late medieval culture as well as from historical documents and literary texts, Engaging Words shows how reading became a cultural metaphor in the late Middle Ages that transformed the way the Western world thought about identity and social roles.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 260
Edition: 2002
Publisher: AIAA
Published: 01 Nov 2000

ISBN 10: 0312233833
ISBN 13: 9780312233839