The Resource Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England, Jennifer Summit
Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England, Jennifer Summit
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The item Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England, Jennifer Summit represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England, Jennifer Summit represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "Libraries," wrote Francis Bacon in 1605, "are as the shrines, where all the reliques of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved, and reposed." But in Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shaped the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, Memory's Library revises the
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 343 pages)
- Contents
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- Introduction : libraries of memory
- Lydgate's libraries : Duke Humfrey, Bury St. Edmunds, and The fall of princes
- The lost libraries of English humanism : More, Starkey, Elyot
- Reading Reformation : the libraries of Matthew Parker and Edmund Spenser
- A library of evidence : Robert Cotton's medieval manuscripts and the generation of seventeenth-century prose
- "Cogitation against libraries" : Bacon, the Bodleian, and the weight of the medieval past
- Coda : memories of libraries
- Isbn
- 9786611966614
- Label
- Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England
- Title
- Memory's library
- Title remainder
- medieval books in early modern England
- Statement of responsibility
- Jennifer Summit
- Subject
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- 1400-1699
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek -- England -- Geschichte 15. Jh
- Bibliothek -- England -- Geschichte 16. Jh
- Bibliothek -- England -- Geschichte 17. Jh
- Book collecting
- Book collecting -- England -- History
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books -- History
- England
- England
- England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
- England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Geistesgeschichte -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 16. Jh
- Geistesgeschichte -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 17. Jh
- Geschichte 1450-1500
- Geschichte 1500-1600
- Geschichte 1600-1650
- History
- Intellectual life
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science | Archives & Special Libraries
- Lesekultur
- Leseverhalten
- Libraries
- Libraries -- England -- History -- 1400-1600
- Libraries -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Reformation
- Reformation -- England
- Geistesgeschichte -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 15. Jh
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Libraries," wrote Francis Bacon in 1605, "are as the shrines, where all the reliques of the ancient saints, full of true virtue, and that without delusion or imposture, are preserved, and reposed." But in Jennifer Summit's account, libraries are more than inert storehouses of written tradition; they are volatile spaces that actively shaped the meanings and uses of books, reading, and the past. Considering the two-hundred-year period between 1431, which saw the foundation of Duke Humfrey's famous library, and 1631, when the great antiquarian Sir Robert Cotton died, Memory's Library revises the
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Summit, Jennifer
- Dewey number
- 027.042
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- Z791.E5
- LC item number
- S86 2008eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Libraries
- Libraries
- Books and reading
- Books and reading
- England
- England
- Reformation
- Book collecting
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
- Book collecting
- Books and reading
- Intellectual life
- Libraries
- Reformation
- England
- Lesekultur
- Geistesgeschichte
- Geistesgeschichte
- Geistesgeschichte
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek
- Leseverhalten
- England
- Bibliothek
- Label
- Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England, Jennifer Summit
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-328) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : libraries of memory -- Lydgate's libraries : Duke Humfrey, Bury St. Edmunds, and The fall of princes -- The lost libraries of English humanism : More, Starkey, Elyot -- Reading Reformation : the libraries of Matthew Parker and Edmund Spenser -- A library of evidence : Robert Cotton's medieval manuscripts and the generation of seventeenth-century prose -- "Cogitation against libraries" : Bacon, the Bodleian, and the weight of the medieval past -- Coda : memories of libraries
- Control code
- 309882042
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 343 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786611966614
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- a939d92d-19cc-410c-b834-f27d675a9763
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)309882042
- Label
- Memory's library : medieval books in early modern England, Jennifer Summit
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-328) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : libraries of memory -- Lydgate's libraries : Duke Humfrey, Bury St. Edmunds, and The fall of princes -- The lost libraries of English humanism : More, Starkey, Elyot -- Reading Reformation : the libraries of Matthew Parker and Edmund Spenser -- A library of evidence : Robert Cotton's medieval manuscripts and the generation of seventeenth-century prose -- "Cogitation against libraries" : Bacon, the Bodleian, and the weight of the medieval past -- Coda : memories of libraries
- Control code
- 309882042
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 343 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786611966614
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- a939d92d-19cc-410c-b834-f27d675a9763
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)309882042
Subject
- 1400-1699
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek
- Bibliothek -- England -- Geschichte 15. Jh
- Bibliothek -- England -- Geschichte 16. Jh
- Bibliothek -- England -- Geschichte 17. Jh
- Book collecting
- Book collecting -- England -- History
- Books and reading
- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 16th century
- Books and reading -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Electronic books -- History
- England
- England
- England -- Intellectual life -- 16th century
- England -- Intellectual life -- 17th century
- Geistesgeschichte -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 16. Jh
- Geistesgeschichte -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 17. Jh
- Geschichte 1450-1500
- Geschichte 1500-1600
- Geschichte 1600-1650
- History
- Intellectual life
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Library & Information Science | Archives & Special Libraries
- Lesekultur
- Leseverhalten
- Libraries
- Libraries -- England -- History -- 1400-1600
- Libraries -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Reformation
- Reformation -- England
- Geistesgeschichte -- Grossbritannien -- Geschichte 15. Jh
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