Portable Manuscripts and Their Utility in the Late Middle Ages - Couverture rigide

Bruch, Julia; Hofer, Katharina M.; Kypta, Ulla; Schweitzer-Martin, Paul

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1802701923 ISBN 13 : 9781802701920

Editeur : Arc Humanities Press, 2025

Synopsis

This book explores the mobility of merchants’ manuscripts—understood as written records in various forms—and their role in shaping and reflecting late medieval social structures. Focusing on merchants as key agents of manuscript circulation, it highlights their impact across fairs and markets in the Holy Roman Empire. Blending cultural and economic history, the chapters span fifteenth- and sixteenth-century case studies that challenge conventional periodization. Drawing on interdisciplinary methods, the book traces manuscripts from production to dissemination and the formation of reading communities. It argues that the history of the premodern economy is incomplete without accounting for the movement of manuscripts as material and social objects.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Julia Bruch is a postdoctoral researcher in Research Training Group 2212 "Dynamics of Conventionality 400-1550" at the Universität zu Köln.

Katharina Maria Hofer is a PhD candidate in the Department of History at the Universität Wien.

Ulla Kypta is an assistant professor for late medieval and early modern history at the Universität Hamburg.

Paul Schweitzer-Martin is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in late medieval history at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Arc Humanities Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1802701923
• ISBN 13: 9781802701920
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible