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- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Matter of Manuscripts and Methodologies
- Part I How Do We Study the Manuscript?
- Part II Why Do We Study the Manuscript?
- 6 Networks of Writers and Readers
- 7 The Written Word: Literacy across Languages
- 8 The Wycliffite Bible
- 9 Editing Medieval Manuscripts for Modern Audiences
- 10 Where Were Books Made and Kept?
- Part III Where Do We Study the Manuscript?
- Guide to Further Reading
- Index
- GENERAL INDEX
- Cambridge Companions To …
6 - Networks of Writers and Readers
from Part II - Why Do We Study the Manuscript?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 December 2020
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Matter of Manuscripts and Methodologies
- Part I How Do We Study the Manuscript?
- Part II Why Do We Study the Manuscript?
- 6 Networks of Writers and Readers
- 7 The Written Word: Literacy across Languages
- 8 The Wycliffite Bible
- 9 Editing Medieval Manuscripts for Modern Audiences
- 10 Where Were Books Made and Kept?
- Part III Where Do We Study the Manuscript?
- Guide to Further Reading
- Index
- GENERAL INDEX
- Cambridge Companions To …
Summary
How the long-standing genre of historical manuscripts show how writers worked with a broad and important sense of their place within a tradition.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Medieval British Manuscripts , pp. 129 - 148Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020