The third edition of From Memory to Written Record is a thorough update of this scholarly classic. Written for students and scholars of medieval history, it traces the development of literacy in England and serves as an introduction to medieval books and documents for graduate students around the world. The third edition features a completely re-written first chapter in addition to a new postscript and updated discussion of recent scholarship in the area.
Table des matières :
Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
Introduction
Being Prejudiced in Favour of Literacy
Medieval, Renaissance, and Reformation Literacy
England’s Place in Medieval Literacy
Part I – TheMaking of Records
1. Memories and Myths of the Norman Conquest
The Formation of a Norman Official Memory
The Anglo-Saxon Heritage of Literacy
Latin and the Language of Domesday Book
William the Conqueror’s Symbolic Knife
The Earl Warenne’s Rusty Sword
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
Appendix
3. Types of Record
The Variety of Writings
Statements Issued by Individuals
Memoranda Kept by Institutions
Learned and LiteraryWorks
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
Part II – The Literate Mentality
What Reading Meant
6. Languages of Record
Walter of Bibbesworth’s Treatise
The Variety of Languages
Spoken andWritten Language
Chronological Development
TheWriting Down of French
Royal Documents in Latin, French, and English
7. Literate 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 SpokenWord 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. Pragmatic Literacy
Postscript by the Author
Informations pratiques :
M. T. Clanchy, From Memory to Written Record : England, 1066-1307, 3e édition, Weinheim, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 418 Pages, Softcover. ISBN 978-1-4051-5791-9. Prix : 28,90 euros.
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