"Scholars will find this book an essential reference book for questions of medieval European literacy. It is invaluable in its wealth of information about manuscripts, scribes, monastic patrons, Carolingian nobility, and lay owners of books." Marsha L. Dutton, Hanover College, in The Library Quarterly

• List of maps and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The spoken and the written word; 2. law and the written word; 3. A literate community: the evidence of the charters; 4. The production and possession of books: an economic dimension; 5. The organization of written knowledge; 6. The literacy of the laity; Epilogue; Index of manuscripts; General index.

"Scholars will find this book an essential reference book for questions of medieval European literacy. It is invaluable in its wealth of information about manuscripts, scribes, monastic patrons, Carolingian nobility, and lay owners of books." Marsha L. Dutton, Hanover College, in The Library Quarterly

• List of maps and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The spoken and the written word; 2. law and the written word; 3. A literate community: the evidence of the charters; 4. The production and possession of books: an economic dimension; 5. The organization of written knowledge; 6. The literacy of the laity; Epilogue; Index of manuscripts; General index.

"Scholars will find this book an essential reference book for questions of medieval European literacy. It is invaluable in its wealth of information about manuscripts, scribes, monastic patrons, Carolingian nobility, and lay owners of books." Marsha L. Dutton, Hanover College, in The Library Quarterly

• List of maps and tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. The spoken and the written word; 2. law and the written word; 3. A literate community: the evidence of the charters; 4. The production and possession of books: an economic dimension; 5. The organization of written knowledge; 6. The literacy of the laity; Epilogue; Index of manuscripts; General index.