Portable Manuscripts and their Utility in the Late Middle Ages

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

Del i serien Book Cultures, Medieval to Modern

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Beskrivning

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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2025-10-31
Mått:152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt:363 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Book Cultures, Medieval to Modern
Antal sidor:144
Förlag:Arc Humanities Press
ISBN:9781802701920

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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.

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsPreface"Portable Manuscripts and Their Function in the Late Middle Ages – Introduction" by Julia Bruch, Katharina M. Hofer, Ulla Kypta, and Paul Schweitzer-MartinChapter 1. "Portable Merchants’ Books and Their Influence on Social and Economic Networks" by Julia BruchChapter 2. "Instructing and Organizing Business with Portable Manuscripts" by Paul Schweitzer-MartinChapter 3. "Portability for Participation: Organizing the Interests of Merchant Towns at Hanse Diets" by Ulla KyptaConclusion. "Portable Manuscripts Creating Networks of Communication and Control" by Julia Bruch, Katharina M. Hofer, Ulla Kypta, and Paul Schweitzer-Martin