IMC 2008: Sessions
Session 608: Varieties of Urban Literacy, I: Production and Uses of Books
Tuesday 8 July 2008, 11.15-12.45
Sponsor: | Utrecht Centre for Medieval Studies, Universiteit Utrecht |
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Organiser: | Anna Adamska, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Moderator/Chair: | Marco Mostert, Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Kunstgeschiedenis, Universiteit Utrecht |
Paper 608-a | The Role of Medieval Cities in Book Production: Quantitative Analyses (Language: English) Index terms: Economics - Urban, Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography |
Paper 608-c | Libri suspecti, libri prohibiti: Wycliffite and Hussite Writings in the 15th-Century Towns (Language: English) Index terms: Literacy and Orality, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Religious Life |
Abstract | Papers concern the production of books in medieval towns, their circulation and uses for religious and secular purposes. Questions dealt with include the relationship between the practical literacy skills of town-dwellers and the development of urban schools, interest in reading and collecting books, and manuscripts containing 'heretical' texts. |