The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the develo

The first major socio-cultural study of manuscript letters and letter-writing practices in early modern England. Daybell examines a crucial period in the develo

Perhaps more than any other kind of book, manuscript miscellanies require a complex and ‘material’ reading strategy. This collection of essays engages the r

Reading Material in Early Modern England rediscovers the practices and representations of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English readers. By telling their s

Reproduces in full size and transcribes a number of letters from the early sixteenth to the early eighteenth centuries