Clerical Discourse and Lay Audience in Late Medieval England
(Book #37 in the Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature Series)
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The translation of learned Latin materials into English between around 1370 and 1410 was a highly controversial activity. It was thought likely to make available to lay audiences the authoritative and intellectual information and methods of argument previously only accessible to an educated elite - and with that knowledge the power of information. Fiona Somerset's 1998 study examines what kinds of academic material were imported into English, what...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521023270
ISBN13:9780521023276
Release Date:November 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.84 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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