IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 511: Vernacularity 1300-1500, I: Learning to Read
Tuesday 10 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
| Sponsor: | Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies, University of Aberystwyth / University of Kent |
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| Organisers: | Elisabeth Salter, Institute for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (IMEMS) / Department of English Literature & Creative Writing, Aberystwyth University Helen E. Wicker, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS), University of Kent |
| Moderator/Chair: | Rob Lutton, Department of History, University of Nottingham |
| Respondent: | Helen E. Wicker, Centre for Medieval & Early Modern Studies (MEMS), University of Kent |
| Paper 511-a | Put on the Page: Manuscript Evidence for the Creativity of Popular Reading, c. 1450-1550 (Language: English) Index terms: Anthropology, Education, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
| Abstract | Salter explores manuscript evidence to explore the role of vernacularity in the experience of reading, examining the relationships between page layout and content in books intended for the lay reader. Clanchy problematises the language used for developing literacy. He explores whether reading was being taught in Latin or in English. Theoretically, because of Lollardy, prayers in the vernacular were forbidden however manuscript evidence suggests that learning to read involved both Latin and vernacular texts. |