1st Edition
Books, Scribes and Learning in the Frankish Kingdoms, 6th–9th centuries
By Rosamond McKitterick
Copyright 1994
352 Pages
by
Routledge
352 Pages
by
Routledge
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The focus of this volume is the book production of the Frankish regions of Western Europe in the early Middle Ages. By means of a detailed scrutiny of individual manuscripts, groups of manuscripts, and categories of texts, Dr McKitterick shows how they can be used to throw light on questions such as women and literacy, the knowledge of canon and secular law, and the English contribution to the... Read more
Contents: Preface; The Scriptoria of Merovingian Gaul: a survey of the evidence; Knowledge of canon law in the Frankish kingdoms before 789: the manuscript evidence; The diffusion of insular culture in Neustria between 650 and 850: the implications of the manuscript evidence; The Anglo-Saxon missionaries in Germany: reflections on the manuscript evidence; Frankish uncial: a new context for the work of the Echternach scriptorium; Carolingian uncial: a context for the Lothar Psalter; Nuns’ scriptoria in England and Francia in the 8th century; Some Carolingian law books and their function; A 9th-century schoolbook from the Loire valley: Phillipps MS 16308; Knowledge of Plato’s Timaeus in the 9th century: the implications of Valenciennes Bibliothèque Municipale MS 293; The Gospels of St Hubert; Carolingian book production: some problems; Women and literacy in the early middle ages; Index of people and places; index of manuscripts.
Biography
Rosamond McKitterick
