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First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early
printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the
book is now recognized as a field of central importance for
understanding the cultural changes that swept through Tudor
England. This companion aims to provide a comprehensive guide to
the issues relevant to theearly printed book, covering the
significant cultural, social and technological developments from
1476 (the introduction of printing to England) to 1558 (the death
of Mary Tudor). Divided into thematic sections (the printed
booktrade; the book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and producers;
and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social,
historical, and cultural context of the rise of print, with the
problems as well as advantages of the transmission from manuscript
to print. the printers of the period; the significant Latin trade
and its effect on the English market; paper, types, bindings, and
woodcuts and other decorative features which create the packaged
book; and the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book:
merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the
two Universities, as well as secular colleges and chantries.
Further topics addressed include humanism, women translators, and
the role of censorship and the continuity of Catholic publishing
from that time. The book is completed with a chronology and
detailed indices. Vincent Gillespie is J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of
English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford; Susan
Powell held a Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture at the University
of Salford, and is currently affiliated to the Universities of
London and York. Contributors: Tamara Atkin, Alan Coates, Thomas
Betteridge, Julia Boffey, James Clark, A.S.G. Edwards, Martha W.
Driver, Mary Erler, Alexandra Gillespie, Vincent Gillespie, Andrew
Hope, Brenda Hosington, Susan Powell, Pamela Robinson, AnneF.
Sutton, Daniel Wakelin, James Willoughby, Lucy Wooding
First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early
printed book, and the issues associated with it. The history of the
book is now recognized as a field of central importance for
understanding the cultural changes that swept through Tudor
England. This companion aims to provide a comprehensive guide to
the issues relevant to theearly printed book, covering the
significant cultural, social and technological developments from
1476 (the introduction of printing to England) to 1558 (the death
of Mary Tudor). Divided into thematic sections (the printed
booktrade; the book as artefact; patrons, purchasers and producers;
and the cultural capital of print), it considers the social,
historical, and cultural context of the rise of print, with the
problems as well as advantages of the transmission from manuscript
to print. the printers of the period; the significant Latin trade
and its effect on the English market; paper, types, bindings, and
woodcuts and other decorative features which create the packaged
book; and the main sponsors and consumers of the printed book:
merchants, the lay clientele, secular and religious clergy, and the
two Universities, as well as secular colleges and chantries.
Further topics addressed include humanism, women translators, and
the role of censorship and the continuity of Catholic publishing
from that time. The book is completed with a chronology and
detailed indices. VINCENT GILLESPIE is J.R.R. Tolkien Professor of
English Literature and Language at the University of Oxford; SUSAN
POWELL held a Chair in Medieval Texts and Culture at the University
of Salford, and is currently affiliated to the Universities of
London and York. Contributors: Tamara Atkin, Alan Coates, Thomas
Betteridge, Julia Boffey, James Clark, A.S.G. Edwards, Martha W.
Driver, Mary Erler, Alexandra Gillespie, Vincent Gillespie, Andrew
Hope, Brenda Hosington, Susan Powell, Pamela Robinson, AnneF.
Sutton, Daniel Wakelin, James Willoughby, Lucy Wooding
This volume contains indexes to a university library, a monastic
library, two cathedral libraries, a diocesan library and three
record offices. Outstanding among the manuscripts are two
Wycliffite New Testaments and John Mirk's popular sermon collection
'The Festial'.
The essays in this volume celebrate the career of the distinguished
medievalist, Ronald Waldron. Fittingly, they focus on the Middle
English alliterative tradition, but do not exclude material in
other areas. Acting as a linking theme is a concern with the
relationship of texts to their contexts, whether historical,
philosophical, linguistic, or codicological. Topics discussed
include feasting in Middle English alliterative poetry; setting and
context in the works of the Gawain-poet; Henryson's Testament of
Cresseid; Layamon; and Middle English verse in Chronicles.
Contributors: MALCOLM ANDREW, ROSAMUND ALLEN, RALPH HANNA, SUSAN
POWELL, JANE ROBERTS, JEREMY SMITH, DEREK PEARSALL, N.F. BLAKE,
JULIA BOFFEY, A.S.G. EDWARDS, JANET COWEN, ROGER DAHOOD, ELTON D.
HIGGS, GEORGE KANE.
Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509) was the mother of Henry Tudor
(1457-1509) by her first husband, Edmund Tudor, who died before his
son was born. A strong and determined woman, after many
vicissitudes she was instrumental in the overthrow of Richard III
and the accession of her son to the throne after the Battle of
Bosworth (1485). The documents edited here are the principal
household accounts, extant in St John's College, Cambridge, for the
period 1498-1509, during which she ran her own household, variously
at Collyweston, Croydon and Hatfield, independent of her third
husband, Thomas Stanley, earl of Derby. The accounts record the
economy and management of the household at the height of Lady
Margaret's power, wealth, and influence and offer unique evidence
of both the household and Lady Margaret herself.
The Index of Middle English Prose is an international collaborative
project which will ultimately locate, identify and record all
extant Middle English prose texts composed between c.1200 and
c.1500, in both manuscript andprinted form in medieval and
post-medieval versions. The first step towards this goal has been
this series of Handlists, each recording the holdings of a major
library or group of libraries. Compiled by scholars, Handlists
include detailed descriptions ofeach prose item with
identifications, categorisations and full bibliographical data.
Every Handlist will also contain a series of indexes including
listings of opening and closing lines, authors, titles, subject
matter and rubrics. For students of the middle ages Handlists
provide essential bibliographical tools and shed light on a wide
range of subjects.
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