LITERACY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE by R. A. Houston ( 9780582368101 )

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LITERACY IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE
CULTURE AND EDUCATION 1500-1800

By:

R. A. Houston

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0582368103

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

24 January, 2002

Edition:

2nd Revised edition

Pages:

312

Description:

In 1500 few people in Europe could read or write. By 1800, the era of mass literacy had already arrived. The change was momentous in itself, and in its implications. This text explores the importance of education, literacy and popular culture in Europe during this period of transition.

Synopsis:

The new edition of this important, wide-ranging and extremely useful textbook has been extensively re-written and expanded. Rab Houston explores the importance of education, literacy and popular culture in Europe during the period of transition from mass illiteracy to mass literacy. He draws his examples for all over the continent; and concentrates on the experience of ordinary men and women, rather than just privileged and exceptional elites.

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Longman

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