This book investigates the role of 'texts' - including books, maps, stones and caskets - in the conveyance and transformation of knowledge throughout the Middle Ages. It contains original contributions by top medievalists, who explore the topic from different yet complementary angles, offering interdisciplinary approaches to a variety of subjects. -- .
Author Biography
Marilina Cesario is Senior Lecturer in the Earliest English Writings and Historical Linguistics at Queen's University, Belfast Hugh Magennis is Professor Emeritus in Old English at Queen's University, Belfast -- .