The Gilded Page

preview-18
  • The Gilded Page Book Detail

  • Author : Mary Wellesley
  • Release Date : 2021-10-12
  • Publisher : Basic Books
  • Genre : History
  • Pages : 298
  • ISBN 13 : 1541675096
  • File Size : 84,84 MB

The Gilded Page by Mary Wellesley PDF Summary

Book Description: A breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate Psalter of Henry VIII “A delight—immersive, conversational, and intensely visual, full of gorgeous illustrations and shimmering description.” –Helen Castor, author of She-Wolves Medieval manuscripts can tell us much about power and art, knowledge and beauty. Many have survived because of an author’s status—part of the reason we have so much of Chaucer’s writing, for example, is because he was a London-based government official first and a poet second. Other works by the less influential have narrowly avoided ruin, like the book of illiterate Margery Kempe, found in a country house closet, the cover nibbled on by mice. Scholar Mary Wellesley recounts the amazing origins of these remarkable manuscripts, surfacing the important roles played by women and ordinary people—the grinders, binders, and scribes—in their creation and survival. The Gilded Page is the story of the written word in the manuscript age. Rich and surprising, it shows how the most exquisite objects ever made by human hands came from unexpected places. “Mary Wellesley is a born storyteller and The Gilded Page is as good as historical writing gets. This is a sensational debut by a wonderfully gifted historian.” —Dan Jones, bestselling author of The Plantagenets and The Templars

Disclaimer: www.yourbookbest.com does not own The Gilded Page books pdf, neither created or scanned. We just provide the link that is already available on the internet, public domain and in Google Drive. If any way it violates the law or has any issues, then kindly mail us via contact us page to request the removal of the link.

The Gilded Page

The Gilded Page

File Size : 41,41 MB
Total View : 1683 Views
DOWNLOAD

A breathtaking journey into the hidden history of medieval manuscripts, from the Lindisfarne Gospels to the ornate Psalter of Henry VIII “A delight—immersiv

Early Modern Women's Manuscript Poetry

Early Modern Women's Manuscript Poetry

File Size : 84,84 MB
Total View : 6708 Views
DOWNLOAD

Early modern women's manuscript poetry is an anthology of texts by fourteen women poets writing between 1589 and 1706. It is the only currently available anthol

Flower Fables

Flower Fables

File Size : 48,48 MB
Total View : 4572 Views
DOWNLOAD

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non

Female Agency in Manuscript Cultures

Female Agency in Manuscript Cultures

File Size : 44,44 MB
Total View : 1499 Views
DOWNLOAD

Manuscript cultures have frequently forgotten, neglected, or even erased women's contributions from memory. Women's agency has also been a glaring blind spot in

The Bondwoman's Narrative

The Bondwoman's Narrative

File Size : 6,6 MB
Total View : 7640 Views
DOWNLOAD

Possibly the first novel written by a black woman slave, this work is both a historically important literary event and a gripping autobiographical story in its