Land, Language and Memory in Europe 700–1100
@article{Geary1999LandLA, title={Land, Language and Memory in Europe 700–1100}, author={Patrick J. Geary}, journal={Transactions of the Royal Historical Society}, year={1999}, volume={9}, pages={169 - 184} }
Literacy and property have been among the dominant themes of early medieval history for more than a decade. Since the work of Rosamund McKitterick, Janet Nelson and others, contrary to the assumptions of an earlier generation of scholars, scholars have recognised that die written word profoundly influenced die transmission of die past and the control of the present in early medieval Europe. This was true not only in die highest circles of ecclesiastical and royal life, but also at much more…
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