Women Readers in the Middle Ages

Women Readers in the Middle Ages
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 246
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ISBN-10 : 9780521879422
ISBN-13 : 0521879426
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Book Synopsis Women Readers in the Middle Ages by : D. H. Green

Download or read book Women Readers in the Middle Ages written by D. H. Green and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-11-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the Middle Ages, the number of female readers was far greater than is commonly assumed. D.H. Green shows that, after clerics & monks, religious women were the main bearers of written culture. Laywomen played a vital part in the process whereby the expansion of literacy brought reading from religious institutions into homes.


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