The Renaissance Reform of the Book and Britain : The English Quattrocento
by
David Rundle
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology
ISBN-10
1107193435
ISBN-13
9781107193437
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 2nd, 2019
Print length
362 Pages
Weight
922 grams
Dimensions
18.40 x 25.40 x 2.30 cms
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The definitive study of humanist script in England before 1509, this book also provides an important re-interpretation of the success of Renaissance humanism. It introduces a range of Dutch, German, English and Scottish scribes in demonstrating humanism's cosmopolitanism.
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.
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