Second edition, Oxford UK & Cambridge USA: Blackwell Pub, 1994.
P.
407. ISBN: 0631168575
List of Plates
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Being Prejudiced in Favour of Literacy
Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Literacy
England's Place in Medieval Literacy
Pt. I The Making of Records
1 Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest
Anglo-Saxon Uses of Writing
The Uses of Domesday Book
Edward I's 'Quo Warranto' Proceedings and the Earl Warenne
2 The Proliferation of Documents
Documents at Village Level
The Chronology of Charter Making
The Output of Royal Documents
Documents and Bureaucracy
The Work of Hubert Walter
Royal Influence on Other Records
3 Types of Record
The Variety of Writings
Statements Issued by Individuals
Memoranda Kept by Institutions
Leaed and Literary Works
Liturgical Books
4 The Technology of Writing
The Scribe and his Materials
Wax, Parchment, and Wood
Committing Words to Writing
Layout and Format
Rolls or Books?
5 The Preservation and Use of Documents
Monastic Documents for Posterity
Secular Documents for Daily Use
Archives and Libraries
The Royal Archives
Ways of Remembering
Ways of Indexing
Pt. II The Literate Mentality
What Reading Meant
6 Languages of Record
Walter of Bibbesworth's Treatise
The Variety of Languages
Spoken and Written Language
Chronological Development
The Writing down of French
Royal Documents in Latin, French, and English
7 Literature and Illiterate
Meanings of 'Clericus' and 'Litteratus'
The Question of the Literacy of the Laity
Knowledge of Latin among Non-Churchmen
The Acquisition of Clerical Education
Educated Knights
8 Hearing and Seeing
Symbolic Objects and Documents
The Spoken versus the Written Word
Listening to the Word
The Spoken Word in Legal Procedure
Writings as Works of Art
Word and Image
9 Trusting Writing
Memory and Writing
Dating Documents
Signing Documents
The Symbolism of Seals and Crosses
Forging Documents
10 Practical Literacy
Further Reading on the History of Literacy
Literacy in History in General
Readers and Writers in Medieval Europe
Methods of Writing and Making Books in Medieval Europe
Readers and Writers in Medieval England
Records and Manuscript-Making in Medieval England
Plates
Index
407. ISBN: 0631168575
List of Plates
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Being Prejudiced in Favour of Literacy
Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Literacy
England's Place in Medieval Literacy
Pt. I The Making of Records
1 Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest
Anglo-Saxon Uses of Writing
The Uses of Domesday Book
Edward I's 'Quo Warranto' Proceedings and the Earl Warenne
2 The Proliferation of Documents
Documents at Village Level
The Chronology of Charter Making
The Output of Royal Documents
Documents and Bureaucracy
The Work of Hubert Walter
Royal Influence on Other Records
3 Types of Record
The Variety of Writings
Statements Issued by Individuals
Memoranda Kept by Institutions
Leaed and Literary Works
Liturgical Books
4 The Technology of Writing
The Scribe and his Materials
Wax, Parchment, and Wood
Committing Words to Writing
Layout and Format
Rolls or Books?
5 The Preservation and Use of Documents
Monastic Documents for Posterity
Secular Documents for Daily Use
Archives and Libraries
The Royal Archives
Ways of Remembering
Ways of Indexing
Pt. II The Literate Mentality
What Reading Meant
6 Languages of Record
Walter of Bibbesworth's Treatise
The Variety of Languages
Spoken and Written Language
Chronological Development
The Writing down of French
Royal Documents in Latin, French, and English
7 Literature and Illiterate
Meanings of 'Clericus' and 'Litteratus'
The Question of the Literacy of the Laity
Knowledge of Latin among Non-Churchmen
The Acquisition of Clerical Education
Educated Knights
8 Hearing and Seeing
Symbolic Objects and Documents
The Spoken versus the Written Word
Listening to the Word
The Spoken Word in Legal Procedure
Writings as Works of Art
Word and Image
9 Trusting Writing
Memory and Writing
Dating Documents
Signing Documents
The Symbolism of Seals and Crosses
Forging Documents
10 Practical Literacy
Further Reading on the History of Literacy
Literacy in History in General
Readers and Writers in Medieval Europe
Methods of Writing and Making Books in Medieval Europe
Readers and Writers in Medieval England
Records and Manuscript-Making in Medieval England
Plates
Index