Manuscript and Print in London c. 1475-1530 - Hardcover

Julia Boffey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0712358811 ISBN 13: 9780712358811

Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division, 2012

Synopsis

What perceptions did people have of printed material after its introduction into England? How did these perceptions determine their own practices in dealing with books and documents, as producers and consumers? This study explores the continuing relationship between manuscript and printed material in London after Caxton's establishment of a printing business at Westminster in 1476, and the different ways in which people adapted to the availability of new technology. It describes and illustrates a wide range of surviving material in use in London during the period, and investigates the choices made by authors and readers in relation to the forms in which they dealt with the written word, both scribally copied and printed.

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Manuscript and Print in London c. 1475-1530 This study explores the continuing relationship between manuscript and printed material in London after Caxton's establishment of a printing business at Westminster in 1476, and the different ways in which people adapted to the availability of new technology. Full description

About the Author:

Julia Boffey is Professor of Medieval History, Queen Mary, University of London. Her previous publications include (with Pamela King), ed., London and Europe in the Later Middle Ages (1995) and (with A. S. G. Edwards), A New Index of Middle English Verse (British Library, 2005).

About this edition

• Publisher: The British Library Publishing Division
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0712358811
• ISBN 13: 9780712358811
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 312