Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain - The English Quattrocento

What has fifteenth-century England to do with the Renaissance? By challenging accepted notions of 'medieval' and 'early modern' David Rundle proposes a new understanding of English engagement with the Renaissance. He does so by focussing on one central element of the humanist agenda - the reform of the script and of the book more generally - to demonstrate a tradition of engagement from the 1430s into the early sixteenth century. Introducing a cast-list of scribes and collectors who are not only English and Italian but also Scottish, Dutch and German, this study sheds light on the cosmopolitanism central to the success of the humanist agenda. Questioning accepted narratives of the slow spread of the Renaissance from Italy to other parts of Europe, Rundle suggests new possibilities for the fields of manuscript studies and the study of Renaissance humanism.

Product details

• Authors: David Rundle, David (University of Kent Rundle, David (University of Oxford) Rundle, Rundle David
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2019
• EAN: 9781107193437
• ISBN: 978-1-107-19343-7
• Dimensions: 175 mm x 250 mm x 30 mm
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Palaeogra; Print on Demand; Cambridge Studies in Palaeogra; Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism; England, European History, CE period up to c 1500, Medieval History, British & Irish history, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Other manufacturing technologies, History and Archaeology, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Palaeography (History Of Writing), Publishing industry & book trade, Publishing and book trade, Palaeography, Printing & Reprographic Technology