Books, Scribes and Learning in the Frankish Kingdoms, 6th9th centuries

The focus of this volume is the book production of the Frankish regions of Western Europe in the early Middle Ages. By means of a detailed scrutiny of individual manuscripts, groups of manuscripts, and categories of texts, Dr McKitterick shows how they can be used to throw light on questions such as women and literacy, the knowledge of canon and secular law, and the English contribution to the religious culture of the Continent . Some of the studies are more concerned with palaeography and the achievements of particular scriptoria; studies; others look primarily at the fact of production, the dissemination of the texts, and their implications for intellectual and cultural history. Au centre de ce volume se trouve la production du livre dans les rgions franques dEurope occidentale au dbut du Moyan Age. Au travers dun examen approfondi de manuscrits individuels, de groupes de manuscrits et de catgories de textes, le docteur McKitterick dmontre lutilisation qui peut en tre faite afin dclaircir un certain nombre de questions dont: les femmes et lalphabtisation, la connaissance du droit canon et sculaire, ainsi que la contribution anglaise la culture religieuse de continent. Certaines des tudes sattachent plus spcifiquement la palographie et aux rsultats de certains scriptoria; dautres examinent avant tout le fait mme de la production, la dissmination des textes et leurs implications quant lhistoire intellectuelle et culturelle.