Literacy in Early Modern Europe: Culture and Education 1500-1800

By R.A. Houston

Book Overview

Literacy in Early Modern Europe is an analysis of that momentous change in European society from widespread illiteracy in 1500 to mass literacy by 1800. The book explores the importance of education, literacy and popular culture in Europe during this critical transitional period and reveals their relationship to political, economic and social structures as both more complex and revealing than is usually believed.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0582552664
• ISBN13: 9780582552661
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.5" x 5.8"