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‘Pragmatic Literacy’ – Some Remarks on the Work: Medieval Urban Literacy
‘Pragmatic Literacy’ – Some Remarks on the Work: Medieval Urban Literacy

Author(s): Halina Manikowska
Subject(s): History, Economic history, Middle Ages, Book-Review
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: pragmatic literacy; medieval towns; urban administration

Summary/Abstract: Besides discussing articles contained in two volumes of Medieval Urban Literacy the author also discusses the purposefulness and usefulness of the concept of ‘pragmatic literacy’ strongly emphasized in Marco Mostert and Anna Adamska’s studies and presented in many articles of this publication.

  • Issue Year: 124/2017
  • Issue No: 01
  • Page Range: 135-146
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: English