The Middle English Book: Scribes And Readers, 1350-1500 (Oxford Studies In Medieval Literature And Culture)

The Middle English Book analyzes 202 literary manuscripts from late medieval England (1350-1500) and argues that most readers looked to scribes in their immediate vicinity to acquire copies of literature. It examines various forms of writing practiced by scribes throughout the late medieval English countryside and shows that the production of documents underscored the wide availability of literary copying. As a result, when a reader acquired a manuscript,they were most often tapping into local networks of document production.

• | Author: Michael Johnston
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Nov 24, 2023
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0192871773
• | ISBN-13: 9780192871770