Writers and Readers in Medieval Italy
Author | : Armando Petrucci |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0300060890 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780300060898 |
Rating | : 4/5 (898 Downloads) |
Download or read book Writers and Readers in Medieval Italy written by Armando Petrucci and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study of reading and writing in medieval Italy addresses the concerns of how people learned to write, what they wrote and read, how scribes were trained, the purpose for which books were copied, and how ideas about books influenced their use, preservation and transmission.