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Learning and Literacy in Medieval England and Abroad edited by Sarah Rees Jones Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy One of the most important developments in European history took place in communication. A transition is clearly visible from illiterate societies to societies in which most members are active users of the written word. This complex process, which started in Antiquity, and is still not complete, gained momentum during the Middle Ages. This series is intended to provide a forum for publications on the history of non-verbal, oral and written communication in the Middle Ages. Interest in the subject is now widespread within the worldwide community of medieval studies; and ever more scholars are becoming convinced of the potential of studying the tensions between oral and literate modes of thought. Learning and Literacy in Medieval England and Abroad How did people know what they knew, and learn what they learnt? As Derek Pearsall’s introduction makes clear this is the primary focus of the collection of essays published in celebration of the thirtieth anniversary of the foundation of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of York. The learning materials included range from grammar books to mystery plays, and from court records to monastic chronicles, as well as liturgical and devotional texts. But the essays are not only concerned with texts alone, but with the broader and often fluid social environments in which learning took place. Many of the papers therefore question the validity of some distinctions habitually used in the discussion of medieval culture, such as the opposition between orality and literacy, between Latin and the vernacular or between secular and religious. Cover image taken from the St Ann and the Virgin panel from All Saints’ Church, North Street, York. Photo Allan B. Barton Pionierproject Verschriftelijking, Universiteit Utrecht lr % ISBN 2-SD3-51D7L.-0 9782503510767 Onderzoekinstituut voor Geschiedenis en Cultum Learning and Literacy in Medieval England and Abroad UTRECHT STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERACY 3 UTRECHT STUDIES IN MEDIEVAL LITERACY General Editor Marco Mostert (University of Utrecht) Editorial Board Gerd Althoff (Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität Münster) Michael Clanchy (University of London) Peter Gumbert (University of Leiden) Mayke de Jong (University of Utrecht) Rosamond McKitterick (University of Cambridge) Arpád Orbán (University of Utrecht) Armando Pétrucci (Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa) Richard H. Rouse (UCLA) LEARNING AND LITERACY IN MEDIEVAL ENGLAND AND ABROAD Edited by Sarah Rees Jones BREPOLS British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Learning and literacy in Medieval England and abroad. - (Utrecht studies in medieval literacy ; 3) 1.Literacy - England - History - To 1500 2.Leaming and scholarship - England - History - Medieval, 500-1500 3.England - Social Ufe and customes - 1066-1485 I.Rees Jones, Sarah n.Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht 302.2’244’0942’0902 ISBN 2503510760 © 2003 - Brepols Publishers n.v. Turnhout, Belgium Printed in the E.U. on acid-free paper D/2003/0095/22 ISBN 2-503-51076-0 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher.
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