Zwischen Pragmatik und Performanz

Dimensionen mittelalterlicher Schriftkultur

Edited by Christoph Dartmann Edited by Thomas Scharff Edited by Christoph Friedrich Weber

Book cover: Zwischen Pragmatik und Performanz

Extent: 489 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Utrecht Studies in Medieval Literacy

Series volume number: 18

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2011)

ISBN: 9782503541372

Price: $114.00

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The volume presents essays dealing with a wide range uses of the written word during the Middle Ages, from the Carolingian era to late medieval Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Burgundy. It presents a panorama of the current state of the research and also offers new insights into the current conceptual debates about the history of com


The volume presents essays dealing with a wide range uses of the written word during the Middle Ages, from the Carolingian era to late medieval Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Burgundy. It presents a panorama of the current state of the research and also offers new insights into the current conceptual debates about the history of communication in premodern Europe. Research on the practices and impacts of literacy has revolutionized the study of medieval history and culture. After initially having focused on investigating the modernising aspects of the development of literacy during the Middle Ages, the discussion now involves a large variety of topics, such as the performance of writing and reading, the use of the written word in political ritual and, on a general level, the otherness of medieval communication. The volume presents essays dealing with a wide range of social and political uses of the written word during the Middle Ages, from the Carolingian era to late medieval Italy, Switzerland, Germany and Burgundy. It presents a panorama of the current state of the research and also offers new insights into the current conceptual debates about the history of communication in premodern Europe.

  • Edited by Christoph Dartmann
  • Edited by Thomas Scharff
  • Edited by Christoph Friedrich Weber