This book studies approaches to the production of manuscripts in medieval England, from the first commercial guilds to the advent of print.

"Between roughly 1350 and 1500, the English vernacular became established as a language of literary, bureaucratic, devotional and controversial writing; metropo

The Oxford History of Poetry in English is designed to offer a fresh, multi-voiced, and comprehensive analysis of 'poetry': from Anglo-Saxon culture through con

Reform of the script was central to the humanist agenda - this book suggests a new explanation of its international success.

First full-scale guide to the origins and development of the early printed book, and the issues associated with it.