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The Carolingians and the written word
Rosamond McKitterick-
Frontmatter (page N/A)
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List of maps and tables (page x)
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Preface (page xi)
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Acknowledgments (page xiii)
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Abbreviations (page xiv)
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1 The Spoken And The Written Word (page 1)
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1 Introduction (page 1)
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II The question of language (page 7)
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2 Law And The Written Word (page 23)
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I The use of writing in Carolingian government (page 25)
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II The leges (page 37)
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III The production and transmission of written law: the case of Lex Salica (page 40)
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IV The use of writing in the legal process: the evidence of the laws (page 60)
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3 A Literate Community: The Evidence of the Charters (page 77)
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I The importance of charter evidence (page 77)
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II The charters of St. Gall (page 79)
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III the survival of written culture in alemannia and Rhaetia (page 81)
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IV The foundation of St. Gall (page 83)
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V the script of the St. Gall region (page 85)
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VI Charter production and the process of redaction (page 90)
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VII The context of legal transactions (page 98)
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VIII The status and office of scribes (page 115)
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IX Charter production elsewhere in the Frankish kingdoms and its implications (page 126)
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4 The Production And Possession Of Books: An Economic Dimension (page 135)
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I Values and prices for books (page 135)
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II The cost of production (page 138)
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III Books as wealth (page 148)
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IV Gift giving and exchange (page 155)
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V The possession of books (page 157)
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5 The The Organization of Written Knowledge (page 165)
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I The establishment of monastic libraries (page 166)
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II The development of Frankish libraries: evidence of the earliest catalogues (page 169)
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III The systematization of library catalogues: the east Frankish examples (page 178)
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IV The origins of library catalogues and thier arrangement (page 196)
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6 The Literacy of the Laity (page 211)
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I The education of the laity (page 212)
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II Lay culture and the question of audience (page 227)
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III Lay patronage and the ownership of books (page 244)
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IV Lay piety and the uses of literacy (page 266)
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Epilogue (page 271)
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Index of Manuscripts (page 275)
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General index (page 281)
Journal Abbreviation | Label | URL |
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SP | 67.4 (Oct. 1992): 1003-1007 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28199210%2967%3A4%3C1003%3A%3E2.0.CO%3B2-7 |
AHR | 96.5 (Dec. 1991): 1518 | http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-8762%28199112%2996%3A5%3C1518%3ATCATWW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W |
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Published: 1989
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- 9780511097119 (ebook)
- 9780521305396 (hardcover)
- 9780521315654 (paper)