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The book of memory : a study of memory in medieval culture
- Title
- The book of memory : a study of memory in medieval culture / Mary J. Carruthers.
- Author
- Carruthers, Mary J. (Mary Jean), 1941-
- Publication
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1990.
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Details
- Description
- xiv, 393 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "The Book of Memory is a magisterial and beautifully illustrated account of the workings and function of memory in medieval society. Memory was the psychological faculty valued above all others in the period stretching from late antiquity through the Renaissance. The prominence given to memory has profound implications for the contemporary understanding of all creative activity, and the social role of literature and art. Drawing on a range of fascinating examples from Dante, Chaucer, and Aquinas to the symbolism of illuminated manuscripts, this unusually wide-ranging book offers new insights into the medieval world"--Provided by publisher.
- Series Statement
- Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 10
- Uniform Title
- Cambridge studies in medieval literature ; 10.
- Subjects
- Geistesgeschichte 400-1500
- Geschichte 400-1500
- History
- Leesen
- Lesen
- Medieval civilization > Psychological aspects
- Mnémotechnique
- Mémorisation
- Mémoire > Moyen âge
- Civilisation médiévale
- Littérature médiévale > Thèmes, motifs
- Mémoire collective > Dans la littérature
- Littérature et histoire > Moyen âge
- Learning and scholarship > Europe > Medieval, 500-1500
- Idade média (cultura;aspectos psicológicos)
- Memória (psicologia;história)
- Mnemotechniek
- Geheugen
- Kultur
- Gedächtnis
- Erinnerung
- Civilization, Medieval > Psychological aspects
- Filosofía de la mente > Historia
- Memoria > En la literatura
- Mnemotecnia > Historia
- Civilization > history
- Memory > History
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-371).
- Contents
- Introduction -- Models for the memory -- Descriptions of the neuropsychology of memory -- Elementary memory design -- The arts of memory -- Memory and the ethics of reading -- Memory and authority -- Memory and the book -- Afterword -- Appendix A: Hugh of St. Victor "De tribus maximis circumstantiis gestorum" -- Appendix B: Albertus Magnus De bono, Tractatus IV, Quaestio II "De partibus prudentia" -- Appendix C: Thomas Bradwardine "De memoria artificiali."
- ISBN
- 0521382823
- 9780521382823
- 0521429730
- 9780521429733
- LCCN
- 89027942
- OCLC
- ocm20633586
- 20633586
- SCSB-1897984
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library