{"product_id":"the-implications-of-literacy-9780691102276","title":"The Implications of Literacy","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the influence of literacy on eleventh and twelfth-century life and though on social organization  on the criticism of ritual and symbol  on the rise of empirical attitudes  on the relationship between language and reality  and on the broad interaction between ideas and society.  Medieval and early modern literacy  Brian Stock argues  did not simply supersede oral discourse but created a new type of interdependence between the oral and the written. If  on the surface  medieval culture was largely oral  texts nonetheless emerged as a reference system both for everyday activities and for giving shape to larger vehicles of interpretation. Even when texts were not actually present  people often acted and behaved as if they were.  The book uses methods derived from anthropology  from literary theory  and from historical research  and is divided into five chapters. The first treats the growth and shape of medieval literacy itself. Theo other four look afresh at some of the periods major issues--heresy  reform  the Eucharistic controversy  the thought of Anselm  Abelard  and St. Bernard  together with the interpretation of contemporary experience--in the light of literacys development. The study concludes that written language was the chief integrating instrument for diverse cultural achievements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647013085237,"sku":"ByrdShop_0691102279","price":47.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780691102276.jpg?v=1781685536","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-implications-of-literacy-9780691102276","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}