Shared Language: Vernacular Manuscriptsof the Middle Ages: 7

Shared Language: Vernacular Manuscriptsof the Middle Ages: 7

Les Enluminures, Limited

Most people today think of the Middle Ages as a time when cloistered monks wrote and read only in now-obscure languages. Of course, Latin was the language of those who aspired to literacy, and it was the language of the Church. But what many do not realize is that by the thirteenth and fourteenth century (and certainly well before Columbus discovered America in 1492), numerous books became available in the everyday languages spoken \u201Cat the court, on the street, and in the bedroom.\u201D This catalogue focuses on just such manuscripts, written for people at diverse levels of society, not only the privileged aristocracy, but doctors, artisans, townspeople, women, the clergy, and the lay devout.\nThe Middle Classes imitated the nobility in commissioning vernacular manuscripts. Texts of patriotic\n\nShared Language \u2013 Vernacular Manuscripts of the Middle Ages\nVernacular Manuscripts of the Middle Ages\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free ;

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