1st Edition
Literacy and Written Culture in Early Modern Central Europe
By István György Tóth
Copyright 2001
200 Pages
by
Central European University Press
200 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This unequalled volume’s key value is to place Hungary on the map of European literacy rates over the whole period between the initial stimuli of Renaissance and Reformation and the developed, state-organized educational systems of the (later) nineteenth century. Suitable for academics across a wide range of subject areas, Tóth’s work is a broad international... Read more
List of Tables, List of Maps, List of Illustrations, Introduction, 1. A Window to the World of Literacy: A Social History of Elementary Schools, 2. The Slow Advance of Literacy in Peasant Culture, 3. Literacy among the Nobility, 4. The Lower Nobility and the Oral Tradition, 5. An Outlook in Time: Nationalities and the Spread of Literacy after the Austro–Hungarian Compromise, Conclusion, Appendix, Notes, References, Index
Biography
István György Tóth was Associate Professor of History at the Central European University, Budapest and Senior Research Fellow at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
