The Production of Books in England 1350–1500
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The Production of Books in England 1350–1500

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The Production of Books in England 1350–1500

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Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropolitan artisans formed guilds for the production and sale of books for the first time; and Gutenberg's and eventually Caxton's printed books reached their first English consumers. This book gathers the best work on manuscript books in England made during this crucial but neglected period. Its authors survey existing research, gather intensive new evidence and develop new approaches to key topics. The chapters cover the material conditions and economy of the book trade; amateur production both lay and religious; the effects of censorship; and the impact on English book production of manuscripts and artisans from elsewhere in the British Isles and Europe. A wide-ranging and innovative series of essays, this volume is a major contribution to the history of the book in medieval England.

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Yes, you can access The Production of Books in England 1350–1500 by Alexandra Gillespie,Daniel Wakelin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & English Literary Criticism. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Series Page
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Illustrations
  8. Contributors
  9. Foreword
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Abbreviations
  12. Introduction
  13. 1 Materials
  14. 2 Writing the words
  15. 3 Mapping the words
  16. 4 Designing the page
  17. 5 Decorating and illustrating the page
  18. 6 Compiling the book
  19. 7 Bookbinding
  20. 8 Commercial organization and economic innovation
  21. 9 Vernacular literary manuscripts and their scribes
  22. 10 Book production outside commercial contexts
  23. 11 Censorship
  24. 12 Books beyond England
  25. 13 English books and the continent
  26. Afterword: the book in culture
  27. Bibliography
  28. Index of manuscripts
  29. General index