Documentary Culture and the Laity in the Early Middle Ages

Nonfiction, History, Medieval, Ancient History
Cover of the book Documentary Culture and the Laity in the Early Middle Ages by , Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: ISBN: 9781139854160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 22, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781139854160
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 22, 2012
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

Many more documents survive from the early Middle Ages than from the Roman Empire. Although ecclesiastical archives may account for the dramatic increase in the number of surviving documents, this new investigation reveals the scale and spread of documentary culture beyond the Church. The contributors explore the nature of the surviving documentation without preconceptions to show that we cannot infer changing documentary practices from patterns of survival. Throughout Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages - from North Africa, Egypt, Italy, Francia and Spain to Anglo-Saxon England - people at all social levels, whether laity or clergy, landowners or tenants, farmers or royal functionaries, needed, used and kept documents. The story of documentary culture in the early medieval world emerges not as one of its capture by the Church, but rather of a response adopted by those who needed documents, as they reacted to a changing legal, social and institutional landscape.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Many more documents survive from the early Middle Ages than from the Roman Empire. Although ecclesiastical archives may account for the dramatic increase in the number of surviving documents, this new investigation reveals the scale and spread of documentary culture beyond the Church. The contributors explore the nature of the surviving documentation without preconceptions to show that we cannot infer changing documentary practices from patterns of survival. Throughout Late Antiquity and the early Middle Ages - from North Africa, Egypt, Italy, Francia and Spain to Anglo-Saxon England - people at all social levels, whether laity or clergy, landowners or tenants, farmers or royal functionaries, needed, used and kept documents. The story of documentary culture in the early medieval world emerges not as one of its capture by the Church, but rather of a response adopted by those who needed documents, as they reacted to a changing legal, social and institutional landscape.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Allies or Adversaries by
Cover of the book Imperial Sceptics by
Cover of the book The Garnaut Review 2011 by
Cover of the book The Cambridge Companion to Augustine by
Cover of the book Collecting Early Christian Letters by
Cover of the book A Sociology of Constitutions by
Cover of the book Body, Dress, and Identity in Ancient Greece by
Cover of the book How the Snake Lost its Legs by
Cover of the book Rapid Eye Movement Sleep by
Cover of the book The Franco-Prussian War by
Cover of the book Women and Social Change in North Africa by
Cover of the book The Shapley Value by
Cover of the book Applied Optimization Methods for Wireless Networks by
Cover of the book Social Networks and Regional Identity in Bronze Age Italy by
Cover of the book At the Boundaries of Homeownership by
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy